Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Bedroom at Claremont House
1879Albumen 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.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
20 x 27.3 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Surrey [England]
- Esher [Surrey]
- Claremont House [Esher]
- Esher [Surrey]
- Surrey [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
