Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)
Group portrait at Osborne House
c.1854Albumen print | 8.2 x 10.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906524
Photograph of a group portrait taken on the terrace steps at Osborne House. The group includes: Prince Albert, Princess Victoria, The Princess Royal, Caroline Cavendish, Thomas Biddulph, Sir Charles Phipps, Frederick W. Gibbs, Albert Edward Prince of Wales and Flora MacDonald.
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Previously attributed to Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
General Sir Thomas Myddelton Biddulph (1809-78)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Flora Isabella Clementina Macdonald (1822-c.1899)Caroline Fanny Cavendish (1826-1910)Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)Frederick Waymouth Gibbs (1821-98)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)8.2 x 10.6 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
- Lower Terrace [Osborne House]
- Osborne House
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
