Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Group portrait
1861Albumen print | 11.5 x 13.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906895
Photograph of a group portrait, featuring, from left to right: Colonel Arthur Hardinge, Countess Hedwig Brühl and Lecamus, Count Fürstenstein, Elizabeth, Countess of Desart and the Honourable Beatrice Byng. The group appear to be studying a piece of paper.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Countess Hedwig Brühl and Lecamus(fl.1864)Count FürstensteinSir Arthur Edward Hardinge (1828-92)Elizabeth Lucy Desart (1822-98)Beatrice Eliza Christiana Catherine Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (1825-84)11.5 x 13.0 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)
Group, Ryde, 1861 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- visual works
