Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
'Cradle presented by the City of Paris to the Prince Imperiale'
c.1856Albumen print coloured with watercolour | 22 x 16.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2914269
Hand-coloured photograph of the elaborately carved and decorated cradle made for the Prince Imperial, only child of Napoléon III, Emperor of the French, and presented by the City of Paris
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Napoléon, Prince Imperial of the French (1856-79)22 x 16.7 cm (image)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Beds
- Cradles
- Beds
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
