Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Lady Adelaide Talbot (1844-1917)
1888 after an original of c.1860Carbon print | 8.5 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2911335
Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Adelaide Talbot standing facing three-quarters to the left. She holds a book in her right hand, placing it on a plinth beside her. She holds a glove in her left hand, resting her left hand on top of the book. She poses in front of a painted backdrop.
Lady Adelaide Talbot would later pose for the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.
Creator(s)
Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Lady Adelaide Talbot (1844-1917)annotation: Lady A. Talbot./ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon. [beneath work]
8.5 x 5.3 cm (image)
9.5 x 6.2 cm (mount)
22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- visual works