Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Princess Louise, Princess Helena and Prince Arthur
c.1880 after an original of 1 Apr 1857Carbon print | 14.6 x 12.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900092
Photograph of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Princess Louise, Princess Helena and Prince Arthur. The siblings stand together, facing towards the camera. Princess Helena gazes to the right and Princess Louise looks to the lower left. Photograph taken outside Buckingham Palace.
Creator(s)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)annotation: Princess Louise, Princess Helena & Prince Arthur/ Buckingham Palace. 1st April/ 1857./ By Caldesi. [beneath work]
14.6 x 12.0 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (whole object)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
