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.
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
'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
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG Ax131373
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x15724
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 19 April 1864
NPG Ax46745
The children of Queen Victoria
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax46728
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Disdéri
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, November 1866
NPG Ax46787
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
NPG x38486
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by Hills & Saunders
albumen cabinet card, late 1860s
NPG x29191
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, 25 May 1868
NPG x3610
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Robinson Duckworth
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x45109
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1870
NPG x15725
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1870s
NPG x15728
'Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen and Family'
published by Hughes & Edmonds
albumen carte-de-visite, 1870s
NPG x139601
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, March 1872
NPG Ax46164
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Hills & Saunders
albumen print, 1873
NPG x34166
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by Lombardi & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1870s
NPG x15727
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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