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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Frederick III, Emperor of Germany (1831-88), when Frederick William, Crown Prince of Prussia

1861

Albumen print | 8.5 x 4.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2907939

Photograph of Frederick Wilhelm standing, facing a quarter to the right. He looks ahead, away from the camera. He holds a gun under his right arm. He wears a hunting jacket and trousers. He poses in front of a illustrated backdrop.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)

  • annotation: Frederic William/ (Crown Prince of Prussia.) 1861 [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 4.9 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Frederic William (Crown Princess of Prussia), 1861. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Costume & National dress
          • Costume-Hunting
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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