Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting to Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia
1859Salted paper print | 18.3 x 24.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906772
Photograph of a group portrait taken in Berlin. The portrait features, from left to right, Captain von Schweinitz, Captain Van Loos, Count Perponcher, Countess Walburga (Wally) of Hohenthal, Major von Obernitz, Baron Ernst Stockmar, Countess Perponcher and Countess Marie Lynar.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Countess Perponcher-SedlintskyWalburga Ehrengarde Helena Paget (1839-1929)Baron Ernest Stockmar (1823-86)Countess Marie zu LynarGeneral Hans Lothar von SchweinitzCaptain Van LoosMajor von Obernitz (active 1859)Count Perponcher-Sedlintskyannotation: [identification of sitters]/ Berlin. 1859- Ladies & Gentleman in waiting of Pce & Pcf F. W. of Prussia [beneath work]
18.3 x 24.2 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting to Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia, Berlin, 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Berlin [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
