Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) Oct 1858
Albumen print | 12.8 x 10.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900146
Photograph of a full length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) standing, facing towards the camera. He gazes towards the left. He wears Highland dress and holds a double-barrelled gun under his left arm. Photograph cropped into an oval.
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Creator(s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) -
annotation: Prince Alfred./ Oct. 1858./ Pearce. [beneath work]
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12.8 x 10.0 cm (image)
30.8 x 24.4 cm (whole object)
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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-Great Britain
- Costume-Scotland
- Scottish Highland Dress
- Costume-Scotland
- Costume-Great Britain
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Firearms
- Guns
- Firearms
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- visual works
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