Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney (1805-90) and Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900)
Feb 1858Salted paper print | 6.7 x 6.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906690
Photograph of a full length double portrait of John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney (1805-90) and Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900). The two sitters stand, facing slightly towards each other and looking away from the camera. Townshend wears a great coat and cap and poses with his hands in his pockets. Baroness Churchill wears a bonnet, velvet cloak and full skirt, and holds a muff in front of her.
Photograph taken in Berlin.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
6.7 x 6.0 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
Viscount Sydney and Lady Churchill, Berlin 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
