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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'

1853

Albumen 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)

    Queen 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
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Decorative techniques & surface decoration
        • Floral decorations
          • Garlands
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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