Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Princess Louise, later Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
21 - 21 Mar 1871Albumen print hand-coloured with watercolour | 8.3 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2914304
Hand-coloured photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Princess Louise, later Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) standing, facing towards the camera. She turns her head right, and gazes ahead, away from the camera. She wears a wedding dress, decorated with flowers, a floral hairpiece with veil attached, bracelets and necklace. She holds a bouquet.
Creator(s)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)
Grey (active 1856) (colourist)
Subject(s)
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)8.3 x 5.5 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
