Leonida Caldesi
(1822-1891), PhotographerArtist associated with 54 portraits
Leonida Caldesi was a Florentine photographer who co-founded the photographic studio Caldesi and Montecchi, based on Porchester Terrace, London.
The Royal Family on the terrace of Osborne House
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen print, 1857
NPG P26
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s-1860s
NPG Ax17191
Queen Victoria with her family
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, after Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s (1857)
NPG x134737
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early-mid 1860s
NPG Ax29674
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax14801
by Caldesi, Blanford & Co, or by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax14807
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14911
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14916
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14940
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17152
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax17153
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax11913
by Leonida Caldesi, or by Caldesi, Blanford & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax11916
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39728
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39729
Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39734
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax39755
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Bt
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x12439
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x46997
Francis Wemyss-Charteris-Douglas, 10th Earl of Wemyss
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x27335
Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8671
Lady Eleanor Percy (née Grosvenor), Duchess of Northumberland
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax10024
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax7491
Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8542
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8604
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax8646
Lady Harriet Christian Duncombe (née Douglas)
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax9852
Harriet (née Wright), Lady Overstone
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax9856
Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax9859
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax9886
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax9904
Louis Philippe Albert of Orléans, Count of Paris
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x74358
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x139709
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x12957
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax7533
Charlotte (née Cavendish-Bentinck), Viscountess Ossington
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax9664
by Frederick Holland Mares, after Alexander Bassano, and Clarkington & Co (Charles Clarkington), and Joseph Richard James, and Horatio Nelson King, and Camille Silvy, and possibly Leonida Caldesi, and Adolphe Paul Auguste Beau, and Thomas Cranfield, 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 x137000
Giovanni Matteo de Candia (Mario) as Faust in 'Faust'
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x20489
Unknown actress; Jean Baptiste Faure; Adelina Patti; Giovanni Matteo Mario
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x20490
Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, before 1864
NPG Ax9855
Jean Baptiste Faure as Mephistopheles in 'Faust'
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x74412
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG x76589
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1867
NPG Ax196853
Dorothy (née Tennant), Lady Stanley
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax68431
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9735
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite
NPG Ax9857
by George Zobel, published by John Mitchell, after Leonida Caldesi
stipple and line engraving, published 21 May 1855
NPG D34280
by George Zobel, published by John Mitchell, after Leonida Caldesi
mezzotint, published 21 May 1855
NPG D34987
Giovanni Matteo de Candia (Mario)
by George Zobel, printed by Thomas Brooker, published by John Mitchell, after Leonida Caldesi
mezzotint, published 21 May 1855
NPG D38223
by Leonida Caldesi
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x74342
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