Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Unknown Person
Elisabeth, Princess Charles of Hesse (1815-85) 1860
Albumen 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.
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Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Elisabeth of Prussia, Princess of Hesse (1815-85) -
annotation: Princess Charles of Hesse. 1860. [beneath work]
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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)
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Princess Charles of Hesse...1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
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Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- visual works
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