Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Prince Albert (1819-61)
May 1854Albumen print | 7.9 x 6.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2906519
Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince Albert (1819-61) seated, facing towards the camera. He turns his head halfway towards the right and gazes ahead. He poses with with his arms crossed in front of his body and his left leg crossed over his right. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)7.9 x 6.7 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
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
