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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER SIR WILLIAM ROSS (1794-1860)

Prince Alfred Ernest Albert at the age of 8 months

dated 1845

Lithograph | 18.7 x 16.3 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506498

A lithograph from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: Prince Alfred as an infant; seated, half length wearing a frilled cap and gown; holding a rattle in his left hand. Inscribed and dated below.

  • Creator(s)

    After Sir William Ross (1794-1860) (artist)

    Thomas Fairland (c. 1804-1852) (lithographer)

  • 18.7 x 16.3 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha

  • From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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