Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Elisabeth, Princess Charles of Hesse (1815-85)
1860Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907856
Photograph of Elisabeth, Princess Charles of Hesse, standing and facing the camera. She wears a bonnet and a shawl with horizontal stripes. There is a pillar and drapery in the background, on the left side of the photograph.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Elisabeth of Prussia, Princess of Hesse (1815-85)annotation: Princess Charles of Hesse. 1860. [beneath work]
8.8 x 5.4 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
Princess Charles of Hesse...1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
- Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- visual works
