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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

GUSTAV WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS (1854-1921)

Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia, later Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)

1889 copy after an original of 1862

Carbon print | 9.1 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906939

Photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia, facing three-quarters to the left, his head turned towards the camera. He gazes to the right. 

  • Creator(s)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)

  • 9.1 x 5.8 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia, 1862 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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