Queen Victoria and her family: a composition carte de visite. Photograph.

Photographs of fourteen members of the British Royal family, photographed and composed to form a single carte de visite photograph with cartouches giving their names and dates. In the centre, Queen Victoria as a widow; below her, a roundel of Albert Prince Consort; above her, Prince Alfred; above him, Princess Beatrice. Upper left, Princess Victoria as Princess Royal with above her a roundel of her husband Prince Frederick of Prussia; upper right, Princess Alice with above her a roundel of her husband Prince Louis of Hesse. On either side of the Queen, (left) Alexandra Princess of Wales and (right) Albert Edward Prince of Wales. Bottom row (left) Prince Leopold and Princess Louise, (right) Princess Helena and Prince Arthur