Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)
'Mr Carl Haag'
Oct 1853Albumen print | 9.2 x 11.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906505
Photograph of a half-length portrait of the artist Carl Haag (1820-1915). Haag stands with his back to the viewer and his head in right side profile. He holds a piece of card with both hands. The piece of card contains what appears to be an inverted photograph of a painting of Prince Arthur by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) held in the Royal Collection (RCIN 405035). Photograph taken at Balmoral.
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Mr Carl Haag (Artist), by Mr Becker / Balmoral Oct 1853
9.2 x 11.1 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Mr Carl Haag (artist), Balmoral, Oct 1853 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Artists
- Places
