Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Group portrait on the Terrace, Osborne Aug 1857
Salted paper print | 15.5 x 19.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906656
Photograph taken on the terrace at Osborne, Isle of Wight. The portrait includes, from left to right, Honourable Beatrice Byng (1826-84), Colonel Thomas Biddulph (1809-78), Colonel Honourable Dudley de Ros (1827-1907), an unknown female and male sitter and the Honourable Emily Cathcart (1834-1917).
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Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Beatrice Eliza Christiana Catherine Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (1825-84)General Sir Thomas Myddelton Biddulph (1809-78)Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)Emily Sarah Cathcart (1834-1917) -
15.5 x 19.6 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
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Group on the Terrace, Osborne [1857] [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- visual works
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