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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER ANTOINE FRANÇOIS JEAN CLAUDET (1797-1867)

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Princess Alice at Gloucester House

c.1880 after an original of Jul1856

Carbon print | 10.9 x 9.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900077

Photograph of a full length double portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910) and Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78). The brother and sister stand arm in arm facing towards the camera. Photograph taken inside Gloucester House.

Photograph from a daguerreotype by Antoine François Jean Claudet.

  • Creator(s)

    After Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) (photographer)

  • Prince of Wales & Princess Alice./ Gloucester House. / July: 1856./ From a daguerreotype by Claudet.

  • 10.9 x 9.0 cm (image)

    31.0 x 24.7 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster
                  • Piccadilly [London]
                    • Gloucester House [London]
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