Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1820-79)
Group portrait, Osborne
24 May 1859Albumen print | 12.6 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906765
Photograph of a group portrait taken on the terrace at Osborne. The portrait features, from left to right, Colonel Thomas Biddulph, Countess Perponcher, the Honourable Beatrice Byng, Anne, Duchess of Athole, Colonel Henry Ponsonby, Count Perponcher, Lord Charles Fitzroy and Major Howard Elphinstone. The photograph has been cropped into an oval.
Creator(s)
William Bambridge (1820-79) (photographer)
[numbering of sitters]/ [identification of sitters]/ May 24- 1859. Bambridge.
12.6 x 15.8 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
Group, Osborne, May 24th 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
