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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Prince Albert (1819-61)

1889 copy after an original of May 1854

Carbon print | 16.2 x 13.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906521

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince Albert (1819-61) seated, facing towards the camera. He turns his head halfway to the right and gazes ahead. He poses with his arms and legs crossed.
  • Creator(s)

    After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
  • annotation: The Prince/Do. [Ditto] [Underneath the image ]

    annotation: Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by Mullins 1889 [mount, beneath photograph, lower and right side]

  • 16.2 x 13.2 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • The Prince, 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