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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814-1885), when Prince Friedrich of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg 

1862

Albumen print | 8.9 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2908094

Photograph of Prince Friedrich of Glücksburg standing facing front. He holds his top hat in his right hand, his left arm rests on a plinth; drapery to right. 
In 1841 he married Adelheid, second daughter of Georg Wilhelm, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe. He succeeded his brother Karl as Duke in 1878.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814-85)

  • 8.9 x 5.6 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

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

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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