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    W & D DOWNEY (ACTIVE 1855-1941)

    Family portrait

    c.1868

    Albumen print | 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2160436

    Photograph of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Prince Leopold. The Prince of Wales is seated on a chair at the centre of the group.

    • Creator(s)

      W & D Downey (active 1855-1941) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
      Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
      Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)
      King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)

    • 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

      9.0 x 5.5 cm (image)

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        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
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