Royalty
[LEOPOLD
(George Albert, 1853-1884, 4th Son of Queen Victoria, Duke of Albany, a haemophiliac, died after an accident on 28th March in Cannes) with his wife HELENA (1861-1922, Princess of Waldeck & Pyrmont) & baby daughter ALICE (who was the longest lived member of the British Royal family, 1883-1981, Duchess of Athlone)]
Fine unsigned cabinet photo by Hills & Saunders
showing the young couple, three quarters length, standing either side of their small daughter who is sitting on a small chair on a table with her parents holding her up, 6½ x 4, no place, no date,
Item Date: 1884
Background
Hills & Saunders was one of the leading Victorian photographic firms, started as a partnership between Robert Hills & John Henry Saunders. They were social photographers with studios at different times in London, Harrow & Eton & Rugby, Oxford & Cambridge and Aldershot & Sandhurst. They were successful photographers to the royal family.
Stock No. 31218