Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
15 of 61 portraits of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
3 1/2 in. x 2 1/4 in. (88 mm x 56 mm) image size
Given by Hilary Jenkinson, 1940
Photographs Collection
NPG x15726
Sitterback to top
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-1884), Fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria. Sitter associated with 61 portraits.
Artistback to top
- John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 509 portraits.
Related worksback to top
- NPG x132718: 'Group of Royal Family' (includes the portrait)
- NPG x134740: Queen Victoria and her family (after)
- NPG x134741: 'Interiors of Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle and Portraits of the Royal Family of Great Britain' (includes the portrait)
- NPG x134742: Queen Victoria with her family (after)
Events of 1861back to top
Current affairs
Death of Prince Albert, from typhoid fever. Queen Victoria goes into a long period of mourning, withdrawing from public duties, and becomes known by the satirical title 'Widow of Windsor'.Art and science
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management is published by her husband Sidney, who successfully maintained the Beeton brand after his wife's early death seven years later. The highly popular book, containing recipes and advice for housekeeping, appealed to the Victorian belief that a woman's role was managing the home.Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company is founded, marking the start of the arts and crafts movement.
International
The American civil war begins after the Confederate army attacks Union forces at Fort Sumter in April. The Confederates, comprised of eleven southern states who seceded from the Union over the right to independence on issues such as abolition, are presided over by Jefferson Davis, formerly senator of Mississippi. Although the Union had early successes, the Confederates' victory at Bull Run sets the Union up for a long, four-year war.Comments back to top
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