Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER CALDESI & MONTECCHI (ACTIVE 1857-67)
Benjamin Hall (1802-67)
c.1870 copy after an original of March 1857Albumen print | 16.7 x 12.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906640
Photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Benjamin Hall (1802-67) facing right, his face captured in profile. He wears a buttoned jacket and neck tie.
Creator(s)
After Caldesi & Montecchi (active 1857-67) (photographer)
16.7 x 12.8 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
B. Hall, March 1857 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
