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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales as 'Winter'

c.1880 after an original of 10 Feb 1854

Carbon 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 Kingdom

  • annotation: 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
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