Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
"Les Deux Petits Savoyards"
Jan 1854Albumen print hand-coloured with watercolour | 20.8 x 17.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2914259
Photograph of a full length group portrait of three children dressed for a performance of 'Les Deux Petits Savoyards', given on 16 January 1854. From left to right: Albert Van de Weyer is 'Un Garde', Victoria Van de Weyer is Jacqueline and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales is le Bailli, with a red nose.
This was Roger Fenton's first commission for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; the photograph was taken on 23 January 1854, a week after the actual performance. Les Deux Petits Savoyards, an one-act 'opera-comique' was composed by Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac and was first performed in 1789.
This was Roger Fenton's first commission for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; the photograph was taken on 23 January 1854, a week after the actual performance. Les Deux Petits Savoyards, an one-act 'opera-comique' was composed by Nicolas-Marie Dalayrac and was first performed in 1789.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Carl Haag (1820-1915) (colourist)
Subject(s)
King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Albert van de Weyer (1845-74)Victoria Van de Weyer (1841-65)20.8 x 17.5 cm (image)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
