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
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