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LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)

Group portrait at Buckingham Palace

Apr 1857

Salted paper print | 15.5 x 19.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906654

Photograph of a group that includes, from left to right, Colonel Honourable Charles Phipps (1801-66), Mr Frederick W. Gibbs (d. 1898),  Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910), Prince Albert (1819-61), Christian, Baron Stockmar (1787-1863), Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) and Baron Ernst Stockmar (1823-86).

  • Creator(s)

    Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
    Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar (1787-1863)
    Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
    Frederick Waymouth Gibbs (1821-98)
    Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)
    Baron Ernest Stockmar (1823-86)

  • annotation: Col. Phipps, Mr Gibbs, Pce of Wales, Pce Concsort, Baron Stockmar, Mr Becker, Bn E. Stockmar/ April: 1857. [break] Caldesi. [beneath work]

  • 15.5 x 19.0 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Group, April 1857 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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