Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales as 'Winter'
c.1880 after an original of 10 Feb 1854Carbon print | 17.8 x 13.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900033
Photograph of a full length portrait of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910) standing, facing towards the camera. He leans his right arm on a wooden support. A cauldron hangs from the wooden support. The Prince wears a long white beard and wig, and a hat and a cape. Fake snow covers the cape and hat. The Prince is dressed as the embodiment of 'Winter' in the Tableaux of the Seasons, performed at Windsor Castle.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Family of Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdomannotation: The Prince of Wales/ as Winter in the Tableaux of the Seasons./ Windsor Castle. 10 Feb: 1854. / By Mr Fenton. [beneath work]
17.8 x 13.0 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
