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    LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)

    Group portrait

    Apr 1859

    Albumen print | 13.3 x 16.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906761

    Photograph of a group portrait that includes, from left to right, Princess Helena, Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Princess Amélie of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Princess Louise. The group are posed in front of a backing sheet and are flanked by foliage covered columns.

    • Creator(s)

      Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Amalie of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1848-94)
      Princess Clotilde, Archduchess of Austria (1846-1927)
      Princess Helena (1846-1923)
      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)

    • annotation: Pcfs Jelena, Pcfs Clotilde, Prcfs Louise/ of Saxe-Coburg. & Pcfs Amelie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha/ April- 1859./ (Caldesi) [beneath work]

    • 13.3 x 16.5 cm (image)

      28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

      29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

    • Group, April 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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