Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Group portrait at Buckingham Palace
Apr 1857Salted 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
- visual works
