Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
JOSEPH CUNDALL (1819-95)
'Prince Alfred'; Prince Alfred, later Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1844-1900)
Oct 1856Albumen print hand-coloured with watercolour | 10 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2914273
Hand-coloured photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900). Prince Alfred faces a quarter to the left, and gazes towards the camera. He wears a tartan waistcoat, blue tie, white shirt and blue jacket. Photograph cropped into an oval.
Creator(s)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95) (photographer)
Locke (active 19th century) (colourist)
Subject(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)10 x 5.4 cm (image)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
