Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
The earliest album Victoria and Albert collected related to the landscape genre was William Henry Fox Talbot’s Sun Pictures of Scotland, printed privately in 1845. An especially important acquisition was an album of photographs by Édouard Baldus that was presented to Victoria and Albert as a memento of their state visit to France from the 18th to 27th of August 1855. The gifting of photographs albums became a symbolic act when building diplomatic friendships. The exchange of photographs albums could also be a deeply personal gesture of love and affection. Prince Albert’s native Coburg features prominently in his photographs collection. On arrival in England, Albert greatly missed his hometown and Victoria was sensitive to this homesickness. In 1857, she commissioned Francis Bedford to travel to Coburg to photograph the places associated with Albert’s childhood. The resulting album was given to Prince Albert as a birthday in August 1857.
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77)
Francis Bedford (1815-94)
Francis Bedford (1815-94)
Francis Bedford (1815-94)
Charles Clifford (1819-62)
Charles Clifford (1819-62)
James Mack (1827-64)
Aimé Civiale (1821-93)
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94)
Unknown Person
Edward Kater (active 1850)
Bisson Fréres (1841-64)
Gustave Le Gray (1820-84)
Gustave Le Gray (1820-84)
Gustave Le Gray (1820-84)
Unknown Person
Unknown Person
E Desplanques : Paris
Dolamore & Bullock (active 1850s)
Dolamore & Bullock (active 1850s)
Dolamore & Bullock (active 1850s)
E Desplanques : Paris
E Desplanques : Paris
Bisson Fréres (1841-64)
Bisson Fréres (1841-64)
Attributed to? George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Attributed to? Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Attributed to George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Attributed to? Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
? James Valentine
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Attributed to? George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)