Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
MARTIN LAROCHE (1814-86)
Charles, Prince of Leiningen (1804-1857)
Inscribed 1855Watercolour over photograph on card | 21.5 x 15.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 420746
A heavily worked coloured photograph by Laroche of 1855 (RCIN 2906585), possibly Martin Laroche who worked from a photographic studio at 65 Oxford Street, London, 1852 – 62. Queen Victoria received a visit from her brother in March 1855 when she described him as looking 'well & fat' (RA VIC/Y 100/11).
Creator(s)
Martin Laroche (1814-86) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Emich Karl, Prince of Leiningen (1804-57)21.5 x 15.7 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
22.9 x 17.2 cm (frame, external)
21.2 x 15.4 cm (sight)
- First recorded in the Royal Collection during the reign of Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Precision mechanisms & instruments
- Spectacles
- Monocles
- Spectacles
- Clothing
- Gloves
- Headgear
- Hats
- Precision mechanisms & instruments
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Tables
- Furniture & accessories
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Organisation
- Documentation
- Books
- Documentation
Object type(s)
- visual works
- miniatures (paintings)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
