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FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)
Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900), and Princess Beatrice (1857-1944)
c. 1859Albumen print | 8.1 x 5.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906410
Photograph of a full length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900), and his sister Princess Beatrice (1857-1944). The Prince is sitting on an armchair with an ornate back. He holds his sister on his knee and looks at her. Photograph taken at Osborne.
In Queen Victoria's Journal entry for Tuesday 26 July 1859, she wrote that '- Was photographed in the Lower Terrace by Miss Day and together with Mama and the children' . Frances Sally Day was the first woman to photograph the royal family.
In Queen Victoria's Journal entry for Tuesday 26 July 1859, she wrote that '- Was photographed in the Lower Terrace by Miss Day and together with Mama and the children' . Frances Sally Day was the first woman to photograph the royal family.
Creator(s)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)annotation: Prince Alfred & Princess Beatrice/ 1859/ Miss Day/ Osborne [beneath work]
8.1 x 5.9 cm (image)
- Acquired by Princess Helena
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Isle of Wight [England]
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
