Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)
Folding portfolio containing portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
1859-61Green leather portfolio, consisting of two folding triptych screens of red paste grained leather, each window outlined in gold and finished in blind, with mother of pearl clips, containing 54 albumen cartes-de-visite | 33.5 x 23.4 cm (whole) (whole object) | RCIN 2914920
Creator(s)
Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
Frances Sally Day (c. 1816-92) (photographer)
William Bambridge (1820-79) (photographer)
33.5 x 23.4 cm (whole) (whole object)
33.5 x 141 cm (album) (album)
9.0 x 5.4 cm (print) (image)
Compiled by Queen Victoria using photographs commissioned from JJ Mayall, Camille Silvy, William Bambridge and Frances Day
