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    AFTER ANTOINE FRANÇOIS JEAN CLAUDET (1797-1867)

    Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alice at Gloucester House

    1856

    Albumen print mounted on card | 9.9 x 8.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2106418

    Photograph of a full length double portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910) and Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78). The brother and sister stand arm in arm facing towards the camera. Photograph taken inside Gloucester House.

    Photograph from a daguerreotype by Antoine François Jean Claudet.

    • Creator(s)

      After Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Family of Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom

    • 9.9 x 8.5 cm (image)

      32.2 x 26.0 cm (mount)

    • From the collection of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Greater London [England]
                • London [Greater London]
                  • City of Westminster [London]
                    • Piccadilly [London]
                      • Gloucester House [London]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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