Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Friedrich III, German Emperor (1831-88) when Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia
1860Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2907750
Photograph of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm standing, facing halfway to the left. He turns his head and looks towards the camera. He wears a Prussian military uniform. He holds a spiked helmet in his right hand and wears a sword by his left side. On the far right side of the photograph is an urn position on a pillar.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)annotation: [indecipherable] Wilhelm. 1860. [beneath work]
8.6 x 5.3 cm (image)
9.2 x 5.9 cm (mount)
23.1 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.3 x 19.8 x 5.5 cm (album)
Fritz Wilhelm, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.47]
- Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
