Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
LEONIDA CALDESI & CO (ACTIVE C. 1860-66)
Group portrait including Prince Albert and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
1857Albumen print | 15.5 x 20.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2936116
Photograph of a group portrait featuring, from left to right, Colonel Sir Charles Phipps, Frederick Waymouth Gibbs, Prince Albert, Albert Edward Prince of Wales, Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar, Dr Ernst Becker and Baron Ernest Stockmar. The group stand, posing in an outdoor studio. A building can be seen in the background, on the far left side of the photograph.
Creator(s)
Leonida Caldesi & Co (active c. 1860-66) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)Frederick Waymouth Gibbs (1821-98)Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)Baron Christian Friedrich Stockmar (1787-1863)Baron Ernest Stockmar (1823-86)15.5 x 20.5 cm (image)
Group portrait including Albert, Prince of Wales, 1857. [ERP Vol.21].
- Acquired by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
