Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Unknown Person
Anna, Princess Frederick William of Hesse (1836-1918) 1860
Albumen print | 7.5 x 4.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907829
Photograph of Anna, Princess Frederick William of Hesse, standing, facing left, her face captured in profile. She is depicted reading from a book that she holds open with both hands in front of her chest.
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Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Anna of Prussia, Princess of Hesse-Kassel (1836-1918) -
annotation: Anna, Princess F. William of Hesse,/ second daughter of/ Prince Charles of Prussia [beneath work]
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7.5 x 4.6 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
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Anna, Princess F.William of Hesse, second daughter of Prince Charles of Prussia, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
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Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Philosophy & Psychology
- Psychology
- Physical and Mental Activities
- Reading (activity)
- Physical and Mental Activities
- Psychology
- visual works
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