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A british prince

5/22/2773
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Photo by John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall 
​London or Brighton, England
​c.1860s

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This is likely one of Queen Victoria's sons.

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a british royal

5/22/2774

Photo by John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall 
​London or Brighton, England
c.1860s

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This is likely one of Queen Victoria's daughters.

5/22/2775

Photo by E. Devine
Edinurgh, Scotland
c.1880s

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5/22/2776
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Photo by Alexander Carson McIntyre
Brockville, Canada West (Ontario)
Before 1867

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McIntyre was a successful early photographer working in the Thousand Islands area between Ontario and New York.
​ After Confederation in 1867, the old Province of Canada was divided into Ontario (previously Canada West) and Quebec (previously Canada East).

prince albert

5/22/2777

Photo by John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall 
London or Brighton, England
​c.1860s

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Prince Albert was the husband, or "royal consort" of Queen Victoria.

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queen victoria

5/22/2778

Photo by Cundall, Downes & Co.
London, England
1861

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Other than Queen of the United Kingdom, Victoria was also Empress of the largest colonial empire to ever exist. She was a living symbol of British power, and statues (such as the one that stood at the Manitoba legislature until 2020) often show her holding the globe in her palm.

5/22/2779

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5/22/2780
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Photo by "Henry"
Montreal

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This type of "candid" or active pose is very rare for the mid-1800s. Most studio portraits were stiff and formal, in part because subjects had to stay motionless for long developing times.

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