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    AFTER WILLIAM EDWARD KILBURN (1818-91)

    The first six children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    1848 after an original of 1848

    Albumen print mounted on card | 9.3 x 11.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2106393

    Photograph of a group portrait of Mrs Mary Anne Thurston with the first six children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The children are, from left to right, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales; Princess Helena; Victoria, Princess Royal; Princess Alice (seated in front); Prince Alfred and Princess Louise, held by Mrs Thurston.

    Photograph is after a daguerreotype by William Edward Kilburn.

    • Creator(s)

      After William Edward Kilburn (1818-91) (photographer)

      Attributed to Nicolaas Henneman (1813-98) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
      Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
      Princess Helena (1846-1923)
      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
      Mary Ann Thurston (1810-96)

    • 9.3 x 11.3 cm (image)

    • From the collection of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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