This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

Visit the Royal Collection

Children's albums

Children's albums

    LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)

    'The Royal Family'

    Mar 1857

    Salted paper print | 16.1 x 20.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2917847

    Photograph of The Royal Family at Osborne. From left to right: Princess Alice, Prince Arthur, Prince Albert, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, Queen Victoria holding the infant Princes Beatrice, Prince Alfred, Victoria, Princess Royal and Princess Louise.

    This is one of the few photographs which show Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with all their nine children.

    • Creator(s)

      Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
      Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
      Princess Helena (1846-1923)
      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
      Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
      Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
      Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)
      Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)

    • 16.1 x 20.7 cm (image)

    • From an album compiled by Princess Helena

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Isle of Wight [England]
                • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                  • Osborne House
                    • Lower Terrace [Osborne House]
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Plastic arts
          • Sculpture
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
            • cartes-de-visite
    PreviousNext
    PreviousNext
    Policy links
    Royal Collection TrustIn Partnership with

    Royal Collection Trust is a charity caring for the Royal Collection and welcoming visitors to the royal palaces. We bring our shared history to life through world-class experiences that involve and inspire people, wherever they are. Income from tickets and retail sales helps us to conserve the Collection so that it can be enjoyed by everyone for generations to come.