Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
c.1850-70Hand-coloured photograph | 25.5 x 20.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2374619
Oval hand-coloured photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942), as a young boy. He is depicted leaning on a striped cushion, resting on a balustrade. The photograph recalls Raphael's Sistine Madonna (1512) and Oscar Rejlander's appropriation of the painting, held in the Royal Collection (1857, RCIN 2906215).
The photograph was originally in an oval frame and was displayed with another photograph (RCIN 2374620) in Prince Albert's Dressing Room, Osborne House.
The photograph was originally in an oval frame and was displayed with another photograph (RCIN 2374620) in Prince Albert's Dressing Room, Osborne House.
Creator(s)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)25.5 x 20.5 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; recorded hanging in the Queen's Sitting Room (Room no 214) at Windsor Castle in 1878
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
