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AFTER ANTOINE FRANÇOIS JEAN CLAUDET (1797-1867)

Group portrait at Gloucester House

c.1880 after an original of Jul 1856

Carbon print | 12.1 x 9.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2900076

Photograph of a group portrait taken at Gloucester House. The portrait features, from left to right, Princess Alice, Queen Victoria, Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Gloucester. Photograph from a daguerreotype by Antoine François Jean Claudet.

  • Creator(s)

    After Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) (photographer)

  • The Princess Alice, The Duchess of Gloucester./ The Queen. The Prince of Wales./ Gloucester House. / July, 1856./ From a Daguerreotype by Claudet.

  • 12.1 x 9.9 cm (image)

    31.0 x 24.7 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster
                  • Piccadilly [London]
                    • Gloucester House [London]
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