Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians (1836-1902), when The Duchess of Brabant
10 Mar 1863Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2908122
Photograph of Marie Henriette, Duchess of Brabant, standing and facing the viewer. She wears a tiara and holds a fan in her left hand. Photograph taken on the wedding day of the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians (1836-1902)8.5 x 5.6 cm (image)
9.8 x 6.2 cm (mount)
22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)
Her Imperial Highness the Duchess of Brabant, March 10th 1863. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Royal Weddings
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- Social sciences
