Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818-81)
1861Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2907944
Photograph of Prince August Ludwig Viktor of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha standing, facing towards the camera. He turns his head slightly to the right and gazes ahead, away from the camera. He wears a hunting costume and holds a rifle over his right shoulder and a plumed hat in his left hand. A black retriever lies by his feet.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1818-81)annotation: Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg./ (1861) [beneath work]
8.5 x 5.1 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
Prince Augustus of Saxe Coburg. 1861. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
- Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Costume-Hunting
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Dogs
- Hunting & sporting dogs
- Gundogs
- Hunting & sporting dogs
- Dogs
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- Social sciences
