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    AFTER LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)

    Ernest, Prince of Leiningen (1830-1904), Commander of H.M. Yacht

    1887 copy after an original of May 1858

    Carbon print | 25.1 x 19.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906738

    This carbon print depicts Ernest, 4th Prince of Leiningen (1830–1904), and is a copy of a work taken in May 1858. Ernest's father, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen (1804–56), was the half-brother of Queen Victoria.  

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