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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

AFTER FRANZ XAVER WINTERHALTER (1805-73)

Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901)

1851

Albumen print | 1.5 x 1.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2800638

Photograph of a painting of Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901): Head and shoulders facing half to the right, head turned half to the left; straight hair drawn back into a chinon, wearing a coronet of flowers, earrings and a miniature on a string of pearls.
  • Creator(s)

    After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)

    Probably Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
  • 1.5 x 1.5 cm (image)

  • Empress Friedrich of Germany, Victoria, as a child

  • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • People
      • Children
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs