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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

'Mr Becker'; Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)

1889 copy after an original of 30 Jun 1854

Carbon print | 15.8 x 14.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906530

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) seated, facing three-quarters to the right. He gazes ahead, away from the camera. He holds papers in his lap and poses with his right leg crossed over his left. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.

  • Creator(s)

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    After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • Mr Becker/ Do. / Do. [Ditto]

    Reproduced & Printed in carbon by Mullins 1889

  • 15.8 x 14.5 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Dr Ernst Becker, Buckingham Palace, June 30 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster
                  • Buckingham Palace
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