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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)

Miss Louise Van de Weyer (fl. 1859) in costume

1889 copy after an original of 7 April 1859

Carbon print | 20.7 x 17.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906808

Photograph of Miss Louise Van de Weyer standing, facing towards the camera. She rests her right hand on a small side table that stands on her right. She wears the costume she wore at the Juvenile Bal Costumé at Buckingham Palace, 7th April 1859.
  • Creator(s)

    After Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • 20.7 x 17.9 cm (image)
    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Miss Louise Van de Weyer in costume, 7th April 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Costume & National dress
          • History of costume
            • Costume-18C
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Toys and Decorations
          • Theatrical costumes
            • Costume-Fancy Dress