Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
c.1855-65Hand-coloured photograph | 25.3 x 20.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2374620
Oval hand-coloured photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942). Prince Arthur rests his arms on a red cushion on a balustrade. The photograph was originally in an oval frame, displayed with another photograph (RCIN 2374619) in Prince Albert's Dressing Room, Osborne House.
The photograph draws from Raphael's Sistine Madonna (1512), and may have been inspired by Oscar Rejalander's earlier photograph (RCIN 2906215) that similarly appropriates Raphael's painting.
The photograph draws from Raphael's Sistine Madonna (1512), and may have been inspired by Oscar Rejalander's earlier photograph (RCIN 2906215) that similarly appropriates Raphael's painting.
Creator(s)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)25.3 x 20.4 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
