During the mid-nineteenth century, photographs, particularly hand coloured photographs, came to replace painted miniatures.

This hand coloured photograph depicts Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), and is presented in a similar fashion to a series of hand-coloured miniatures owned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. 

In the original salted paper print photograph by Leonida Caldesi (1822-91), a detail rom the work shown on the right, the Princess is held in the arms of her nurse, Mrs Hughes.