Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Carl Haag (1820-1915)
1860Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2913532
Photograph of a full-length portrait of Carl Haag standing, facing towards the camera. He leans on a prop tree. He holds a gun with bayonet in his right hand and wears a military uniform. He poses against a painted background.
Haag was a Bavarian-born painter who became a naturalized British subject and was court painter to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. There are many paintings and watercolours (see RCIN 450857) in the Royal Collection by him. He also hand-coloured a number of photographs.
Haag was a Bavarian-born painter who became a naturalized British subject and was court painter to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. There are many paintings and watercolours (see RCIN 450857) in the Royal Collection by him. He also hand-coloured a number of photographs.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Carl Haag (1820-1915)annotation: Carl Haag. 1860. [beneath work]
8.5 x 5.3 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)
22.8 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions)
Carl Haag, 1860 [in Photographs. Artists' Portraits. Volume 79]
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- People
- Artists
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- People
