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

Group portrait

c.1885 after an original of Aug 1860

Carbon print | 31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2900371

Photograph of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Princess Helena, Princess Louise, Prince Leopold and Princess Alice. The group pose in front of a structure holding various pot plants.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
    Princess Helena (1846-1923)
    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
    Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)

  • annotation: Princefs Helena, Princefs Louise, Prince Leopold & Princefs Alice./ Aug 1860./ Col. De. Ros. [beneath work]

  • 31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

    10.9 x 14.3 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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