Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)
1860Albumen print | 7.5 x 4.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2907905
Photograph of Victoria, Duchess of Kent, standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head to the left and gazes ahead, her face captured in profile. She rests her right arm on top of a plinth covered with a cloth.
Creator(s)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)
Previously attributed to Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)annotation: Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent./ 1860. [beneath work]
7.5 x 4.8 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
- Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- visual works
