Photographs 1842-61
Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography
AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-73)
'Queen Victoria in her Bridal dress'
1853Albumen print | 7.1 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2905966
Photograph of a painting of a half-length portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) by Franz Winterhalter (1805-73). The Queen is captured facing three-quarters to the left. She gazes ahead, away from the viewer. She wears a garland of flowers around her head and her wedding dress that she wore when she wed Prince Albert (1819-61) in 1840.
Creator(s)
After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)
Philip Henry Delamotte (1821-89) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)7.1 x 5.7 cm (image)
- From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Royal Weddings
- Brides
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
- Floral decorations
- Garlands
- Floral decorations
- Decorative techniques & surface decoration
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
