**The Royal Family on the terrace at Osborne House**May 1857 · Osborne House, Isle of Wight

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The photograph, the source, and the unknowns

The whole family once: Victoria, Albert and all nine children, four years before Albert's death.

Archive caption: The Royal Family on the terrace at Osborne House
Creator: Caldesi & Montecchi
Date: 1857-05
Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Google Art Project scan)
Rights: 1857 photograph; studio principals died 19th c.; US PD via pre-1930 publication · Public Domain Mark 1.0
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Caldesi & Montecchi. “The Royal Family on the terrace at Osborne House.” 1857-05. Wikimedia Commons (Google Art Project scan). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caldesi_%26_Montecchi_-_The_Royal_Family,_Osborne_1857_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg. Viewed via Nostalgia Museum artifact 712, reviewed 22 August 2026. https://getnostalgia.ai/museum/artifact/3lhPAVl5b0Nd2Jr_/712

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