Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha (1784-1844)
c. 1860 after an original of 1844Albumen print | 11.1 x 9.1 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2932494
Albumen print copy of a daguerreotype of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. Ernest I stands facing slightly right wearing a coat and top hat and holding a fishing rod. Behind him there is a building with tall windows and a bench to the right. The photograph is mounted in a wooden frame which is painted black.
Ernest I was the father of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. The original daguerreotype was taken in 1844 at Schloss Reinhardsbrunn, the residence of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.
Ernest I was the father of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria. The original daguerreotype was taken in 1844 at Schloss Reinhardsbrunn, the residence of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
11.1 x 9.1 cm (image) (image)
14.9 x 18.0 cm (frame, external)
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, Reinhardsbrunn, 1844
Acquired by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Gotha [Germany]
- Friedrichroda [Germany]
- Schloss Reinhardsbrunn [Germany]
- Friedrichroda [Germany]
- Gotha [Germany]
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Places
