Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)
Prince Albert Consort (1819-61)
c.1860-1900Photograph with Hand-colouring | 26.9 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 605883
Photograph with hand-colouring of a portrait of Prince Albert as Consort. Whole length in profile right with short hair, collar, waistcoat, and coat. Standing holding a hat in right hand and with left resting on a wooden bench. With a view of a landscape in the background. Without inscriptions.
The original photograph featured both Prince Albert and Queen by Frances Sally Day, though it is possible that a single portrait was taken (see RCIN 2105655, for example). Later a 'new' picture was worked up which included the rustic bench and scenery, and hand-coloured. There is a similar variation of this, RCIN 2160695, with slightly different foliage on the left. In that version, there is a monogram on the wall beside the Prince which could read EHC in reverse (for Corbould, who coloured the photograph).
The original photograph featured both Prince Albert and Queen by Frances Sally Day, though it is possible that a single portrait was taken (see RCIN 2105655, for example). Later a 'new' picture was worked up which included the rustic bench and scenery, and hand-coloured. There is a similar variation of this, RCIN 2160695, with slightly different foliage on the left. In that version, there is a monogram on the wall beside the Prince which could read EHC in reverse (for Corbould, who coloured the photograph).
Creator(s)
After Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)26.9 x 17.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- prints
- visual works
