Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Prince Alfred as 'Autumn'
c.1880 copy of an original of 8 Feb 1854Carbon print | 20.6 x 16.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900028
Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) standing, facing towards the camera. He leans on a plinth draped with cloth. He rests his cheek on his right hand. He wears a leopard skin tunic, gathered at the waist, over a light coloured shirt. He wears a wreath of grapes on his head. Prince Alfred is dressed as the embodiment of Autumn for the Tableaux of the Seasons, performed at Windsor Castle.
Creator(s)
View person pageRoger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Prince Alfred as Autumn,/ 8th Feb: 1854./ By Mr Fenton
20.6 x 16.7 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert