Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
(1853-1884), Fourth and youngest son of Queen VictoriaSitter associated with 61 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.
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
bromide postcard print, 1900s (circa 1883)
NPG x8746
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, 1883
NPG x197970
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
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 D22129
probably by Sir John Gilbert, published by Illustrated London News
wood engraving, published 13 November 1869
NPG D48330
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany ('Princes. No. 5.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 21 April 1877
NPG D43793
Key to 'Royal Family Group, 1874' (Queen Victoria with her family)
after Thomas Agnew & Sons Ltd, after Unknown artist
ink on acetate, (1881)
NPG D33661
by Raphael Tuck & Sons
chromolithograph, 1887
NPG D43330
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1883
NPG x95989
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1883
NPG x95990
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, circa 1883
NPG x95991
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95992
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, mid 1880s
NPG x95993
Related People
- Princess Helen, Duchess of Albany (wife)
- Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (father)
- Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (brother)
- Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (nephew)
- Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse (sister)
- Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (daughter)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- Prince Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany and Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (son)
- King Edward VII (brother)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
- Prince Johann Leopold Wilhelm Albert Ferdinand Victor of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (grandson)
- Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll (sister)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (sister)
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