2009.036.001
Object Title
Margaret Alexander of Tunis, Viscountess
Object Name
Print, Photographic
Artist/Maker
Yousuf Karsh
Materials
Paper --Wood --Glass
Eminent Figure
J. S. Crawford
Catalogue Number
2009.036.001
Dimensions

Length: 52.0cm x Width: 2.0cm x Height: 62.00cm

Description

This is a framed black-and-white photograph of Margaret Alexander of Tunis, Viscountess. She is standing in a dark dress and wearing diamond jewelery in an interior space. A title on the bottom of the photograph reads, "City of Kingston Centennial Year 1946". There is Margaret Alexander of Tunis' signature on the bottom right of the photo. The photograph has a wooden frame with a glass front. It has a plastic backing and a hanging wire. Inside the plastic backing is a paper board with hand-written notes that read "Presented by J. Stuart Crawford Mayor 1946-1948."

History

Margaret Alexander, Viscountess of Tunis was the wife of the Governor General of Canada, the Hon. Harold Alexander. In 1946, on her husband's appointment as Governor General of Canada, she became Vice-regal consort, and Châtelaine of Rideau Hall. In recognition of this she was made a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire in 1954.