Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)
Group portrait on the Terrace, Osborne
Aug 1857Salted 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).
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
(photographer)
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)
Group on the Terrace, Osborne [1857] [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
