Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Group portrait with Prince Albert and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Apr 1857Salted paper print | 15.5 x 18.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2900096
Photograph of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Colonel Phipps, Mr Frederick Gibbs, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Prince Albert, Baron Stockmar, Dr Ernst Becker and Baron Ernest Stockmar.
Creator(s)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)
The Prince of Wales as The Prince/ Colonel Phipps, Mr Gibbs, Baron Stockmar Dr Becker, Baron Ernst Stockmar/ April 1857./ By Caldesi.
15.5 x 18.8 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (whole object)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert