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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

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

Group portrait at Buckingham Palace

29 - 29 Feb 1860

Albumen print | 12.0 x 14.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2900245

Photograph of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Prince Leopold, holding a hoop, Princess Louise, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena standing on a terrace at Buckingham Palace.
  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)
    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
    Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
    Princess Helena (1846-1923)
  • annotation: Prince Leopold, Princefs Louise, Prince Alfred, Princefs Alice and Princefs Helena,/ Feby 29th 1860./ Col: De Ros. [beneath work]

  • 12.0 x 14.2 cm (image)

    31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster [London]
                  • Buckingham Palace
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs