Null William Louis Henry Skeen & Co (act. 1868 - 1903) - Kandy, Ceylon, 1870s/18…

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William Louis Henry Skeen & Co (act. 1868 - 1903) - Kandy, Ceylon, 1870s/1890s Albumen print cm 26,8 x 20,8 | 10.5 x 8.1 in. Photograher's credit in the negative

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William Louis Henry Skeen & Co (act. 1868 - 1903) - Kandy, Ceylon, 1870s/1890s Albumen print cm 26,8 x 20,8 | 10.5 x 8.1 in. Photograher's credit in the negative

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J. LYNCH (1815) after PRICE (1810), Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, around 1858, Lithography James Henry Lynch (before 1815 - 1868 ibid.) after William Lake Price (1810 London - 1896 Lee, Kent): Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, c. 1858, Lithography Technique: Lithography on Paper Inscription: At the lower part signed in the printing plate: "Lake Price, Photo From Life 1858 / Lynch. Lithog.". At the lower part inscribed in the printing plate: "HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALFRED ERNEST ALBERT. DEDICATED BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION TO HER MAJESTY / LONDON, PUBLISHED APRIL 18TH. 1859, BY J. MITCHELL, BOOKSELLER & PUBLISHER TO THE QUEEN; AND BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT TO THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III, ROYAL LIBRARY, 33, OLD BOND STREET.". General information: Lower right with original signature in pen: "Alfred". Date: c. 1858 Description: After a photograph of the prince by William Lake Price from 1858. Person: Affie; Prince Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844 Windsor Castle, Berkshire - 1900 Rosenau Castle, Coburg) He was the second son of the British Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was brother to the British King Edward VII and the German Empress Victoria. Keywords: Alfred von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Ulster, Earl of Kent, Prinzenportrait, 19th century, Realism, Portraits, United Kingdom, Size: Paper: 51,3 cm x 36,5 cm (20,2 x 14,4 in), Depiction: 40,2 cm x 29,0 cm (15,8 x 11,4 in)

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