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DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

Princess Louise, Princess Alice, Princess Helena and Prince Arthur

c. 1858

Salted paper print | 12.6 x 15.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906252

Photograph of four of Queen Victoria's children: (from left to right) Princess Louise (1848-1939), later Duchess of Argyll seated on the ground; Princess Alice (1843-78), later Duchess of Hesse standing and wearing a shawl; Princess Helena (1846-1923), later Princess Christian of Schleswig- Holstein seated on a low stone wall, and Prince Arthur (1850-1942), later Duke of Connaught, standing and holding a wide-brimmed hat in his left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

  • 12.6 x 15.6 cm (image)

  • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Boys
    • Girls
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