Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria
Sitter in 50 portraits
The birth of Leopold was the first at which Victoria used chloroform, thus sanctioning the use of anaesthesia recently developed by James Young Simpson. Leopold inherited the disease of haemophilia from his mother and spent most of his childhood as a semi-invalid. He also suffered from epilepsy, an illness that affected the course of his life. Unable to pursue a military career because of his illness, he instead became a patron of the arts and literature and served as an unofficial secretary to his mother.
The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen print, 1857
NPG P26
Group of fifteen, including Queen Victoria
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(2)
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(3)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 1868
NPG P22(7)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Sir Leslie Ward
watercolour, published in Vanity Fair 21 April 1877
NPG 4711
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
NPG x29191
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders
half-plate glass negative, 1860s
NPG x35281
by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134740
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134741
Queen Victoria with her family
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x45774
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46714
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x15726
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Ghémar Frères, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x127200
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
carbon print on cropped Imperial cabinet card mount, 1863
NPG x36347
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax131299
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax46726
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Disdéri
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1860s
NPG Ax46787
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax131373
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x15724
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 19 April 1864
NPG Ax46745
The children of Queen Victoria
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax46728
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
NPG x38486
by W. & D. Downey, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 25 May 1868
NPG x3610
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Robinson Duckworth
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x45109
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x15725
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x15728
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1872
NPG Ax46164
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Lombardi & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1870s
NPG x15727
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, circa 1883
NPG x15730
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, circa 1883
NPG x15729
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG Ax5552
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Alexander Bassano, published by J. Beagles & Co
vintage postcard print, 1900s (circa 1883)
NPG x8746
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1855 (1855)
NPG D33802
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1855 (1855)
NPG D35060
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, after Franz Xaver Winterhalter
lithograph, 1855 (1855)
NPG D21991
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Richard James Lane, printed by M & N Hanhart, published by John Mitchell, after William Bembridge
lithograph, published 12 July 1859
NPG D33803
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