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 1854Carbon print | 19.9 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906532
Photograph of a full length portrait of Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) seated, facing halfway to the left. He turns his head to gaze at the camera. He rests his left arm on a nearby table. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.
Creator(s)
After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)annotation: Mr Becker/Buckingham Palace/June 30. 1854-/ by Mr. Fenton. [beneath the photograph]
annotation: Reproduced & Printed in carbon by Mullins 1889 [mount, lower left and right side]
19.9 x 16.1 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 [London]
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
