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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

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Ernst Leopold, 4th Prince of Leiningen (1830-1904)

1862

Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2908084

Photograph of Prince Ernst of Leiningen standing facing front. He wears Naval Admiral's uniform, his cap on a table to his right. Painted backdrop of a seascape with hills beyond. The Prince married Princess Marie of Baden (1834–1899) in 1858.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Ernst, Prince of Leiningen (1830-1904)
    Royal Navy

  • 8.8 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Prince of Leiningen, 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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