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Richard L Alldridge (active 1866-87)
Prince Leopold (1853-84), Duke of Albany 1884
Oil on canvas | 133.5 x 89.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 405896
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This painting is based on a portrait of the Duke by Carl Rudolph Sohn (RCIN 404787) which was painted after the Duke had died. Prince Leopold (1853–84) was the fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. A scholarly child, he attended Christ Church College in Oxford. He was a haemophiliac, suffered from epilepsy and died at the age of 31.
Signed: R.L. Aldridge, after Sohn.Provenance
Purchased by Queen Victoria
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Oil on canvas
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133.5 x 89.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
176.5 x 132.4 x 15.3 cm (frame, external)
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