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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Prince Albert (1819-61)

May 1854

Albumen print | 8.1 x 6.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906517

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince Albert (1819-61) seated, facing a quarter to the left. He turns his head towards the camera and gazes upwards, to the right. He poses with his right leg crossed over his left leg. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.

  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

  • 8.1 x 6.8 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Prince Albert, Buckingham Palace, May 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1854

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster [London]
                  • Buckingham Palace
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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