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    W & D DOWNEY (ACTIVE 1855-1941)

    Group portrait

    c.1868

    Albumen print | 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2160420

    Photograph of a group portrait, featuring Prince Arthur, Princess Louise, the Duchess of Athole,  Lady Jane Churchill, Prince Leopold, Miss MacGregor, Mr Sahl and Mr Collins. The group are posed in front of a stone wall.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Subject(s)

      Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900)
      Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
      Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)
      Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl (1814-97)
      Hermann Sahl (d. 1896)

    • 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

      6.0 x 8.9 cm (image)

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • albums
            • photograph albums
          • photographs
        • printed & manuscript material
          • books
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