Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
(1848-1939), Artist, sculptor and fourth daughter of Queen VictoriaSitter associated with 94 portraits
Artist associated with 1 portrait
The sixth child of Queen Victoria, Princess Louise was considered the most beautiful of the royal children and also the most unconventional. Her marriage in 1871 to the commoner John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, later ninth duke of Argyll, was popular with the public and viewed by the contemporary press as patriotic and 'democratic'. She spent five years in Canada between 1878 and 1883 where he was Governor-General. A talented painter and sculptor, she trained at the National Art Training School and examples of her work include a statue of Queen Victoria in Kensington Gardens and the Boer War memorial in St Paul's Cathedral. She avoided royal protocol as far as possible and dedicated herself to her own work and such issues as the education of women. She also pursued charity work, particularly as part of the war effort.
The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen print, 1857
NPG P26
The Opening of the Royal Albert Infirmary at Bishop's Waltham, 1865
by Unknown artist
oil on canvas, circa 1865
NPG 3083
by Henry Joseph Whitlock
albumen print, 1867
NPG P22(1)
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)
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by W. & D. Downey
albumen print, 1868
NPG P22(6)
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
attributed to Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
terracotta bust
NPG 4455
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax46710
Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess Christian; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 July 1860
NPG Ax26221
by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718
Queen Victoria with her family
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Queen Victoria and their children
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG Ax9571
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46712
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x15569
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 March 1861
NPG Ax9582
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x15570
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by (Cornelius) Jabez Hughes
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x15568
Album introductory carte-de-visite with members of the Royal Family
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Ghémar Frères, and (Octavius) Charles Watkins, and Émile Desmaisons, and Unknown photographers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x197214
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
carbon print, April 1863
NPG x36347
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1863
NPG Ax131299
Queen Victoria with her family
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, April 1863
NPG Ax46726
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 9 March 1863
NPG x131715
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x15567
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x132282
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 9 March 1863
NPG x135123
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x197210
'Upwards of five hundred photographic portraits of the most celebrated personages of the age'
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Disdéri, and Camille Silvy, and Duroni & Murer, and Émile Desmaisons, and John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Herbert Watkins, and William Edward Kilburn, and Horatio Nelson King, and John & Charles Watkins, and James Mudd, and Unknown photographers, published by Ashford Brothers & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x139661
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1863
NPG x197573
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite on paper mount, 2 April 1864
NPG x131716
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 2 April 1864
NPG Ax46746
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x15572
The children of Queen Victoria
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG Ax46758
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1865
NPG x138938
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by United Association of Photography Limited
hand-coloured wothlytype carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax46782
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, October 1866
NPG Ax39815
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Disdéri
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, November 1866
NPG Ax46787
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Sergey Lvovich Levitsky
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG Ax38293
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Disdéri
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG x4943
Knighting of Sir John Morris by Queen Victoria during her visit to Wolverhampton in 1866
by Robert White Thrupp, published by Edward Roden
albumen print, published 1867
NPG Ax137694
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Disdéri
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG x197211
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Augustin Aimé Joseph Le Jeune
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1868
NPG x36350
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Augustin Aimé Joseph Le Jeune
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1868
NPG x36351
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 25 May 1868
NPG x3610
John Brown; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll; Queen Victoria
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1868
NPG x3608
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company, after Unknown artist, after Augustin Aimé Joseph Le Jeune
albumen carte-de-visite, (August 1868)
NPG x134415
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, June 1869
NPG x36121
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870
NPG Ax131380
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, 1870
NPG x76774
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Watkins
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x15573
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x132393
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Watkins
albumen print, circa 1870
NPG Ax21898
Carte-de-visite of 9th Duke of Argyll and wife.
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870
NPG x31040
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by York & Son, possibly after John Watkins
glass lantern slide, 1890s (circa 1870)
NPG x3620
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Giulio Rossi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG Ax46170
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870
NPG x197209
'Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and Family'
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x139601
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870
NPG x197572
Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
- 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)
- John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (husband)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- King Edward VII (brother)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (sister)
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