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 1857Salted 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]
- Osborne House
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Places
