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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

MARTIN LAROCHE (1814-86)

Mr Ryder and Mr Charles Kean as 

1857

Hand coloured photograph | 22.4 x 18.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2909979

Hand coloured photograph of actors John Ryder and Charles Kean as Bolingbroke and King Richard II in the homonymous play, Act III, Scene III. There are two other male actors in the background: a clergyman on the left hand side and a soldier on the right.
  • Creator(s)

    Martin Laroche (1814-86) (photographer)

    Martin Laroche (1814-86) (colourist)

  • 22.4 x 18.3 cm (image)

  • Given to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert as a Christmas gift

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Toys and Decorations
          • Theatrical costumes