Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77)
Portraits, Vol.1 c. 1850
Black leather bound album | 26.4 x 20.9 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2506463
Black leather album with decorative impressions on the cover and spine. 'Portraits Vol.1' in gold stamp on the spine. The album contains both calotypes and prints (RCINs 2506464-2506536) featuring portraits of European Royalty. Some of the images named as 'Talbot Types', in reference to the inventor Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77).
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Creator(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) (photographer)
After William Edward Kilburn (1818-91) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Adelheid, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein (1835-1900)Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Victoria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Duchess of Nemours (1822-57)Empress Carlota of Mexico (1840-1927)Louise Marie d'Orleans, Queen of the Belgians (1812-50)Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1784-1844)Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1800-31)Emmanuel, Count Mensdorff-Pouilly (1777-1852)Princess Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1820-1904)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)Empress Carlota of Mexico (1840-1927)Maria II, Queen of Portugal and the Algarves (1819-53)Louise Marie d'Orleans, Queen of the Belgians (1812-50)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-92)Heinrich, Prince of Hesse (1838-1900)Anna, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1843-65)Hugo, Count Mensdorff-Pouilly (1806-47)Count Alphonse of Mensdorff-Pouilly (1810-94)Alexander Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein (1813-71)Count Arthur Mensdorff-Pouilly (1817-1904)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)Ernst August, King of Hanover, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851)Queen Marie of Hanover (1818-1907)Georg V, King of Hanover (1819-78)Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)Princess Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1820-1904)Friedrich I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826-1907)William I, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1797-1888)Ferdinand II, King of Portugal (1816-85)Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1785-1851)Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-93)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge (1819-1904)Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orleans (1810-42)Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (1837-1905)Ernst, Prince of Leiningen (1830-1904)Eduard, Prince of Leiningen (1833-1914)Princess Augusta, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1822-1916) -
26.4 x 20.9 cm (page dimensions)
27.7 x 22.6 x 3.9 cm (album)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- prints
- photographs
- visual works
Antoine Dewasme-Plétinckx (1797-1851)
Dom Fernando, Prince de Portugal
Joseph Kriehuber (1800-76)
Ferdinand, Herzog zu Sachsen Coburg und Gotha
Royal de Lithographie à Bruxelles
Prince Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Royal de Lithographie à Bruxelles
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Richard James Lane (1800-72)
Prince George of Cambridge
Unknown Person
Duc d'Orléans
Ferdinand II, King of Portugal (1816-85)
Boas Festas
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Prince Phillip, Count of Flanders
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Prince Ernest and Prince Edward of Leiningen, with Islay and a macaw
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
The Princess Elisa of Hohenlohe Langenburg
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe Langenburg
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Queen Victoria
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
His Royal Highness Prince Albert
Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Victoria, Princess Royal
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Her Royal Highness Victoria, Princess Royal
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Princess Charlotte of Belgium
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Louise, Queen of the Belgians
After Rupprecht
Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
After Rupprecht
Louise, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Saalfeld
After Joseph Kriehuber (1800-76)
Count Emmanuel Mensdorff-Pouilly
Carl Mayer (1798-1868)
Alexandrine, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Prince Albert
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Victoria, Princess Royal, and Albert, Prince of Wales
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
HRH The Duchess of Kent
After Robert Thorburn (1818-85)
Princess Alice when 11 months old
After Charles Baugniet (1814-1886)
Leopold, King of the Belgians
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Leopold, King of the Belgians
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Princess Charlotte of Belgium
After James Holmes (1777-1860)
The Queen of Portugal
After James Holmes (1777-1860)
Princess Victoria
After Edmund Thomas Parris (1793-1873)
The Queen of the Belgians. In her wedding dress
After Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Princess Alice, Prince Albert and Princess Victoria
After Robert Thorburn (1818-85)
Queen Victoria
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert at the age of 8 months
After Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Prince Alfred and Princess Alice
Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Princess Victoria
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
The Prince of Wales, 1846
After Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830)
The Queen of Portugal
After Backofen (active 1840-1860)
Prince Ludwig, Prince Heinrich and Princess Anna von Hessen
Theodor Hosemann (1807-75)
The King of Prussia
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77)
Albert, Prince of Wales
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Count Hugo Mensdorff-Pouilly
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Count Alphonse Mensdorff-Pouilly
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Count Alexander Mensdorff-Pouilly
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Count Arthur Mensdorff-Pouilly
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77)
Victoria, Princess Royal
After Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Alfred 1847
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77)
Princess Alice
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77)
Prince Alfred
After William Edward Kilburn (1818-91)
Prince Alfred
After William Edward Kilburn (1818-91)
Royal children and nanny
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Prince Arthur
Obermüller
Ernst August Konig von Hannover
Sir George Hayter (1792-1871)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians
After Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Scene from Racine's Tragedy of Athalie
After Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Scene from the Play of Die Tafelbirnen
After Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Arthur
Mayer, Carl : Nürnberg
George V, King of Hanover
Mayer, Carl : Nürnberg
Queen Marie of Hanover
After Robert Thorburn (1818-85)
Prince Albert
After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
The Duchess of Nemours and Queen Victoria; 'The cousins'
After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
Prince Alfred and Princess Helena
After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
Prince Arthur
After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73)
Prince Leopold
Unknown Person
Elizabeth, Duchess in Bavaria
Mayer, Carl : Nürnberg
Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Mayer, Carl : Nürnberg
Alexandrine, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Mayer, Carl : Nürnberg
Frederick, Prince Regent of Baden
After Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
Princess Helena
Richard James Lane (1800-72)
Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert (at the age of 11 months)
After? Robert Thorburn (1818-85)
Princess Augusta of Cambridge, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
The Duchess of Nemours
Mayer, Carl : Nürnberg
Frederick William, Prince of Prussia
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