Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
'Prince Alfred'; Prince Alfred, later Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1844-1900)
Jan 1857May 1857Albumen print hand-coloured in watercolour | 17.5 x 12.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2914274
Photograph of a half length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) standing, captured in profile facing right. He poses with his right hand in his pocket and his left hand resting on the back of a chair. He wears a white shirt and dark colour jacket.
The photograph was taken at Geneva in January and coloured by the Victoria, Princess Royal, later German Empress Frederick III (1840-1901) in May 1857.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901) (colourist)
Subject(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)17.5 x 12.7 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
