The Princess Louise and the Prince Leopold, 1866
studio of Disderi & Co [photographers] London and Paris
Category
Photographs
Date
1866
Materials
Paper, Card
Measurements
105 x 64 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521133.23
Summary
A monochrome albumen carte de visite of 1866 depicting T R H The Princess Louise and Prince Leopold. Leopold is standing and Princess Louise is seated and facing forwards. She is wearing a light coloured dress with a vertical stripe pattern. She is holding an open book showing the text to Leopold. There is a table with books on to the right of the photograph. Printed on recto: TRH the THE PRINCESS LOUISE AND THE PRINCE LEOPOLD. Printed on verso; company insignia "Disderi" and the address: "PARIS, 8 Boulevard des Italiens LONDON, Brook Street 70.77.72. HANOVER SQUARE W and for Equestrian Portraits, Hereford Lodge,old Brompton Road. S.W."
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
studio of Disderi & Co [photographers] London and Paris, photographer and publisher