[Prince Leopold, first duke of Albany]
Painted by Carl Sohn, Jun. Engraved by T.L. Atkinson [Published by George Rees, 1885] Mixed-method engraving on india, platemark 570 x 405mm (22½ x 16") large margins. Fine proof impression. Prince Leopold, first duke of Albany (1853-84), fourth and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Leopold was a haemophiliac and also suffered from epilepsy, illnesses which affected his entire life. He died from an epileptic fit and brain haemorrhage brought on after slipping on a staircase while in Cannes. Engraving after a portrait by Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908), German painter.
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