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LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)

Princess Louise, Princess Helena and Prince Arthur

c.1880 after an original of 1 Apr 1857

Carbon 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
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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