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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)

Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78)

26 May 1857

Salted paper print | 20.2 x 16.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2900103

Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine, standing, facing left, her face captured in profile. She rests her arm on a plinth of a statue and holds an umbrella in her left hand. She wears a bonnet and a long sleeve, dark coloured dress with a light coloured collar and cuffs. Photograph taken on the terrace at Osborne.
  • Creator(s)

    Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)

  • The Princes Alice./ Osborne. 26th May: 1857./ By Caldesi.

  • 20.2 x 16.2 cm (image)
    31.0 x 24.7 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                • Osborne House
                  • Lower Terrace [Osborne House]