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Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him

Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94)

Danish Missionary 1854

Albumen print | 16.0 x 10.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2510463

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Photograph of a half length portrait of an unidentified Danish Missionary. He is seated and faces three-quarters left. His hands rest on a cane or walking stick.

This portrait shows a portrait of a man who possibly belonged to the Protestant Moravian Missionaries in Greenland, who were active from the early 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century.
  • Creator(s)

    Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)

  • 16.0 x 10.6 cm (image)

  • A Danish Missionary [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search of Sir John Franklin]

  • Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield in 1854

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
    Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Polar regions
        • Arctic territories
          • Arctic regions
          • Greenland [Denmark]
    • Religion & Theology
      • Religions and faiths
        • Christianity
          • Christian church in general
            • Church government. Ecclesiastical organization
              • Clergy
                • Priests and clergy in general. Secular clergy
                  • Missionaries