Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Prince Alfred in Sikh Indian dress Sep 1854
Salted paper print | 11.9 x 14.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2900045
Photograph of a full length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900), reclining on a chaise longue. He wears the costume of a Sikh prince, including a turban. Elaborately patterned drapery hangs from the end of the chaise longue and on the backdrop behind the Prince. Photograph taken at Osborne.
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Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) -
annotation: Prince Alfred in Sikh Indian dress./ Osborne. Sept. 1854./ By Mr Becker. [beneath work]
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11.9 x 14.5 cm (image)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Asia
- Costume-India
- History of costume
- Costume-Asia
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Headgear
- Turbans
- Headgear
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Isle of Wight [England]
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Osborne House
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- visual works
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