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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

L HAASE & CO (ACTIVE C. 1860-1890S)

Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia with their children

Aug 1860

Salted paper print | 12.3 x 9.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900377

Photograph of a full length family portrait of, from left to right, Prince Frederick of Prussia, Prince William and Victoria, Princess Frederick of Prussia holding her infant daughter Princess Charlotte.  Prince Frederick holds Prince William who stands on a table. Princess Victoria looks down at her daughter who she holds in her arms.

  • Creator(s)

    L Haase & Co (active c. 1860-1890s) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
    Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)
    Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1859-1941)
    Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919)

  • annotation: Prince & Princefs Frederic William of Prussia/ with Prince William and the Infant Princefs Charlotte. [beneath work]

  • 12.3 x 9.0 cm (image)

    31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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