Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER WILLIAM EDWARD KILBURN (1818-91)
'Prince Alfred'
Oct 1848Hand-coloured albumen print | 8.8 x 6.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2914255
Photograph of a full length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) as a little boy. He stands facing towards the camera and leaning against a nearby table, placing his right hand on the table's top. He is dressed in highland costume.
Photograph is taken from a daguerreotype by William Edward Kilburn (1818-91).
Photograph is taken from a daguerreotype by William Edward Kilburn (1818-91).
Creator(s)
After William Edward Kilburn (1818-91) (photographer)
8.8 x 6.8 cm (image)
Commissioned by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Social sciences
