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    W & D DOWNEY (ACTIVE 1855-1941)

    Group portrait on steps at Balmoral

    c.1868

    Albumen print | 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2160421

    Photograph of members of the Royal Family and servants posing on the steps in Balmoral Garden, beside the ballroom. The portrait features, among others, Queen Victoria, Prince Leopold, Prince Arthur, Princess Beatrice, Princess Louise, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Mr Collins and Colonel Ponsoby.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Subject(s)

      Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
      Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)
      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
      Anne Murray, Duchess of Atholl (1814-97)
      Lady Mary Ponsonby (1832-1916)
      Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale (1833-93)
      Sir Henry Ponsonby (1825-95)
      Dr Robertson (fl.1868-76)
      Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
      Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)

    • 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

      13.7 x 9.8 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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