Portraiture
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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Prince Alfred as 'Autumn'
c.1880 copy of an original of 10 Feb 1854Carbon print | 20.0 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2900029
Photograph of a full length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) seated on a barrel, facing towards the camera. He holds up a goblet in his right hand and places his left hand on his thigh. He wears a leopard skin tunic and sandals over a light colour shirt and tights. 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)
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Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Prince Alfred/ as Autumn in the Tableaux of the Seasons./ Windsor Castle. 10 Feb: 1854./ By Mr Fenton.
20.0 x 16.1 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
