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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    PRINCE ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT (1819-61)

    Photographs. Royal Portraits. Volume 48.

    1860-1

    Red leather bound album | 23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2907767

    Photograph album bound in red leather and silk. Album comprises of fifty seven pages containing photographs (RCINs 2907768-2907971) of European royal subjects. The photographs were collected and compiled by Prince Albert in 1860 and 1861.

    • Creator(s)

      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (compiler)

    • 23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

      24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

    • Album compiled by Prince Albert 

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Photography
          • Photographs
            • Photograph albums
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
            • cartes-de-visite
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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