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DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)

The Comte d'Eu and Duc d'Alencon, Osborne

26 - 26 Jul 1854

Wet collodion negative | RCIN 2083107

Glass plate negative of a double portrait of The Comte d'Eu, later Prince Gaston of Orleans (1842-1922), and Prince Ferdinand, Duc d'Alencon (1844-1910) seated on a bench on the terrace at Osborne House. 

A print of this work exists in the Royal Collection, RCIN 2906119.