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Queen Victoria with the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice, Princess Helena and Prince Alfred
c. 1852Albumen print mounted on card | 8.4 x 9.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2106400
Photograph of a full length group portrait of Queen Victoria and her children. The group are positioned, from left to right: Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, Queen Victoria, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Victoria, Princess Royal. Queen Victoria is seated at the centre of the group with her face turned towards the left. She wears a bonnet, meaning her face is not visible. Princess Helena rests her head in her mother's lap.
Photograph is a copy of a daguerreotype. A similar daguerreotype exists in the Royal Collection, in which Queen Victoria has scratched out her face, RCIN 2932491. She scratched out her face owing to her displeasure with her appearance. It is likely Queen Victoria adopted the pose shown in this photograph so as to avoid any further dissatisfaction.
Creator(s)
After William Edward Kilburn (1818-91) (photographer)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Family of Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom8.4 x 9.7 cm (image)
32.0 x 25.9 cm (mount)
- From the collection of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
