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

Group portrait with stag head

c. 1885 after an original of Aug 1860

Carbon print | 10.0 x 14.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2900372

Photograph of a full length group portrait of four of the royal children posed around a stag's head. The group are, from left to right, Princess Helena, Prince Leopold, Princess Louise and Princess Alice.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
    Princess Helena (1846-1923)
    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
    Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)

  • annotation: Princefs Helena, Prince Leopold, Princefs Louise & Princefs Alice./ Aug 1860./ Col: De Ros. [beneath work]

  • 10.0 x 14.9 cm (image)

    31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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