Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-77)
Portraits, Vol.1
c. 1850Black leather bound album | 26.4 x 20.9 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2506463
Black leather album with decorative impressions on the cover and spine. 'Portraits Vol.1' in gold stamp on the spine. The album contains both calotypes and prints (RCINs 2506464-2506536) featuring portraits of European Royalty. Some of the images named as 'Talbot Types', in reference to the inventor Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77).
Creator(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) (photographer)
After William Edward Kilburn (1818-91) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (1835-1900)Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Duchess of Nemours (1822-57)Empress Carlota of Mexico (1840-1927)Louise Marie d'Orleans, Queen of the Belgians (1812-50)Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1784-1844)Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1800-31)Emmanuel, Count Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852)Princess Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1820-1904)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)Empress Carlota of Mexico (1840-1927)Maria II, Queen of Portugal and the Algarves (1819-53)Louise Marie d'Orleans, Queen of the Belgians (1812-50)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-92)Heinrich, Prince of Hesse (1838-1900)Anna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1843-65)Hugo, Count Mensdorff-Pouilly (1806-47)Count Alphonse of Mensdorff-Pouilly (1810-94)Alexander Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein (1813-71)Count Arthur Mensdorff-Pouilly (1817-1904)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)Ernst August, King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851)Queen Marie of Hanover (1818-1907)Georg V, King of Hanover (1819-78)Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)Princess Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1820-1904)Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826-1907)William I, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1797-1888)Ferdinand II, King of Portugal (1816-85)Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1785-1851)Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-93)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orleans (1810-42)Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837-1905)Ernst, Prince of Leiningen (1830-1904)Eduard, Prince of Leiningen (1833-1914)Princess Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1822-1916)26.4 x 20.9 cm (page dimensions)
27.7 x 22.6 x 3.9 cm (album)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- prints
- photographs
- visual works
