Prince Arthur (1850 - 1942), later Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught

Photograph of the young Prince Arthur, bare-chested, with his head, facing three-quarters right, leaning on his right hand and his left arm resting on cushion in front of him. Prince Arthur (later Duke of Connaught) was born at Buckingham Palace on 1 May 1850. He was the seventh child and third son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and enjoyed a long life of distinguished military and public service. In this photograph, taken by Caldesi in 1857, the Prince has adopted a pose reminiscent of the two putti in Raphael's 'Sistine Madonna'.