Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Miss Louise Van de Weyer (fl. 1859) in costume
1889 copy after an original of 7 April 1859Carbon print | 20.7 x 17.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906808
Photograph of Miss Louise Van de Weyer standing, facing towards the camera. She rests her right hand on a small side table that stands on her right. She wears the costume she wore at the Juvenile Bal Costumé at Buckingham Palace, 7th April 1859.
Creator(s)
After Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Louise Van de Weyer (1851-96)20.7 x 17.9 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)
Miss Louise Van de Weyer in costume, 7th April 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- History of costume
- Costume-18C
- History of costume
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Toys and Decorations
- Theatrical costumes
- Costume-Fancy Dress
- Theatrical costumes
- Toys and Decorations
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Social sciences
