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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), Field Marshal and Governor General of Canada; son of Queen Victoria

Sitter associated with 120 portraits
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, was a member of the British Royal Family, the third son and seventh of the nine children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Arthur had a long and distinguished career in the British Army that included service in South Africa, Canada, Ireland, Egypt and India. Promoted to Field Marshal in 1902, he served in various positions thereafter: as Commander-in-Chief in Ireland, Inspector-General of the Forces and as Governor General of Canada.

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P22(2)

Group of fifteen, including Queen Victoria

by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(2)

P22(3)

The Gillies Ball, 1868

by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 25 May 1868
NPG P22(3)

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Queen Victoria with her family

by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737

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'Group of Royal Family'

by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718

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Queen Victoria and her family

by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134740

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'Interiors of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle and Portraits of the Royal Family of Great Britain'

by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134741

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Queen Victoria with her family

after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46713

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26131

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Ghémar Frères, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x26136

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG Ax131369

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Princess Beatrice of Battenberg; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG Ax46729

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 26 March 1864
NPG x26133

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The children of Queen Victoria

by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax131368

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax46757

Ax46162

Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867-1872
NPG Ax46162

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Maull & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1868
NPG Ax131370

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Royal group at Balmoral

by W. & D. Downey, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 25 May 1868
NPG x3610

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax17917

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax28406

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1870s
NPG x95967

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1870s
NPG x95968

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1870s
NPG x95969

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1870s
NPG x95970

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn as Prince Charlie

by Arthur James ('A.J.') Melhuish
woodburytype, published 18 March 1876 (1871)
NPG Ax131372

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn as a fairy prince

by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 22 July 1874
On display in Room 28 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x26135

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95961

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95962

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95964

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95965

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95966

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95971

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95972

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
quarter-plate glass negative, 1878
NPG x95973

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Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1885?
NPG x95960

x95963

Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1885?
NPG x95963

x8748

Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn

by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x8748

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