Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Unknown Person
Bedroom at Claremont House 1879
Albumen print | 20 x 27.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2905674
Photograph of the bedroom at Claremont, used by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught after their wedding on 13 March 1879. The room features a number of paintings and prints hung by railing, including a copy of the painting of the Christening of Princess Victoria at Buckingham Palace 1841 by Charles Robert Leslie (RCIN 404467), hanging over double bed.
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Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
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20 x 27.3 cm (image)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Surrey [England]
- Esher [Surrey]
- Claremont House [Esher]
- Esher [Surrey]
- Surrey [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- visual works
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