Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
(1848-1939), Artist, sculptor and fourth daughter of Queen VictoriaSitter associated with 94 portraits
Artist associated with 1 portrait
The sixth child of Queen Victoria, Princess Louise was considered the most beautiful of the royal children and also the most unconventional. Her marriage in 1871 to the commoner John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne, later ninth duke of Argyll, was popular with the public and viewed by the contemporary press as patriotic and 'democratic'. She spent five years in Canada between 1878 and 1883 where he was Governor-General. A talented painter and sculptor, she trained at the National Art Training School and examples of her work include a statue of Queen Victoria in Kensington Gardens and the Boer War memorial in St Paul's Cathedral. She avoided royal protocol as far as possible and dedicated herself to her own work and such issues as the education of women. She also pursued charity work, particularly as part of the war effort.
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
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 9 March 1863
NPG x131715
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, mid 1860s
NPG x15567
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x132282
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 9 March 1863
NPG x135123
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x197210
'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
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1863
NPG x197573
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite on paper mount, 2 April 1864
NPG x131716
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 2 April 1864
NPG Ax46746
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Southwell Brothers
albumen carte-de-visite, 1864
NPG x15572
The children of Queen Victoria
by Robert Jefferson Bingham
albumen carte-de-visite, August 1865
NPG x131268
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1865
NPG Ax46758
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Hills & Saunders
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1865
NPG x138938
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by United Association of Photography Limited
hand-coloured wothlytype carte-de-visite, 1866
NPG Ax46782
by W. & D. Downey
albumen carte-de-visite, October 1866
NPG Ax39815
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Disdéri
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, November 1866
NPG Ax46787
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by Sergey Lvovich Levitsky
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s
NPG Ax38293
Related People
- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (brother)
- 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)
- John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (husband)
- Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (brother)
- Princess Beatrice of Battenberg (sister)
- King Edward VII (brother)
- Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (sister)
- Queen Victoria (mother)
- Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia (sister)
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