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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Prince Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1859-1909) 

1863

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2908137

Photograph of Prince Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. He is seated on a child's chair and holds the reigns to a toy horse on wheels to his right. He is approximately three years old.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1859-1909)

  • 8.6 x 5.2 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Prince Ernst of Saxe-Weimar, 1863. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • People
      • Children
      • Boys
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Toys and Decorations
          • Toys
            • Toy horses
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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