Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Prince Alfred
c. 1850Salted paper print | 9.2 x 6.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2506514
Photograph of a daguerreotype of a full length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900), standing, facing towards the camera. He looks to the right. He wears full Highland dress including a traditional badger sporran. He places his right hand on a stool positioned beside him.
Creator(s)
After William Edward Kilburn (1818-91) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)annotation: Tablotypes of Prince Alfred/ after a Daguerreotype by Kilburn/ done in 1848. - [beneath work]
9.2 x 6.5 cm (image)
- From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Carnivorous mammals
- Badgers
- Carnivorous mammals
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Biological sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences