This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Colonel John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple (1818-88)

1888 after an original of c. 1859

Carbon print | 8.3 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2911148

Photograph of a full length portrait of John Hamilton E. Dalrymple  standing, facing towards the camera. He turns his head three-quarters to the left and looks ahead, away from the camera. He places his left hand on a chair beside him and he holds an umbrella in his right hand.

Colonel Dalrymple was wounded at the Battle of Alma.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Colonel John Hamilton Elphinstone Dalrymple (1818-88)
  • 8.3 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (image)

    23.0 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs