Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)
1876 after an original of c.1860Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2911218
Photograph of a full length portrait of Viscount Palmerston, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, seated at a table, facing slightly towards the right. He turns his head and looks towards the camera. He poses with his legs crossed and places his left arm on the table beside him and rests his right on his chair's arm rest.
Creator(s)
Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)8.5 x 5.5 cm (image)
9.4 x 6.2 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- visual works
