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FRANCES SALLY DAY (C. 1816-92)

Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)

circa 1859

Albumen print | 8.5 x 6.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2906421

Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She holds a parasol over her head. She poses beside a sculpture located on the lower terrace 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.
  • Creator(s)

    Frances Sally Day (c. 1816-92) (photographer)

  • The Duchess of Kent/ Osborne/ Miss Day

  • 8.5 x 6.4 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Princess Helena

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]