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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Group portrait at Osborne House

c.1854

Albumen print | 11.5 x 9.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906523

Photograph of a group portrait at Osborne House with those identifiable from left to right: Colonel Thomas Biddulph,  Frederick W. Gibbs, Prince Albert Edward, Flora McDonald, Caroline Cavendish, Prince Alfred and Sir Charles Phipps (1801-66).

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 11.5 x 9.6 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Group, Osborne, c.1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                • Osborne House
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