Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)
Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1835-1900), when Princess of Schleswig-Holstein-Augustenburg
1860Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2907823
Photograph of Adelheid, Princess of Schleswig-Holstein, standing and facing towards the camera. She leans against a plinth. There is a female bust on top of the plinth. The Princess holds what appears to be a fan in her left hand.
Creator(s)
Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (1835-1900)annotation: Hereditary Princess of Holstein Augustenburg./ 1860. [beneath work]
8.5 x 5.5 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
Heriditary Princess of Holstein Augustenburg, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
- Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Busts
- Sculpture
- Plastic arts
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
