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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

(1853-1884), Fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria

Sitter 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.

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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, by Sir Leslie Ward - NPG 4711

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 - NPG x134737

Queen Victoria with her family

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

'Group of Royal Family', by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG x132718

'Group of Royal Family'

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

Queen Victoria and her family, by Ashford Brothers & Co, after  John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and  John & Charles Watkins, and  Georg Emil Hansen - NPG x134740

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

'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 - NPG x134741

'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

Queen Victoria with her family, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG x134742

Queen Victoria with her family

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

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax46714

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 - NPG x15726

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x15726

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax9578

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax9578

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax196517

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
NPG Ax196517

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, by Ghémar Frères - NPG x127200

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

by Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x127200

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 - NPG x197214

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

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, by Ghémar Frères - NPG x196308

Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany

by Ghémar Frères
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x196308

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