Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
GREY (ACTIVE 1856)
'Prince Frederic William Victor Albert of Prussia'; Prince Wilhelm, later Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941)
Mar 1859Albumen print hand-coloured with watercolour | 7.9 x 10 cm (image) | RCIN 2914283
Hand-coloured photograph of Prince Wilhelm, later Emperor Wilhelm II (1859-1941) sleeping in a cot, wrapped in a red shawl. He is surrounded by flowers.
Creator(s)
Grey (active 1856) (colourist)
Subject(s)
Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1859-1941)7.9 x 10 cm (image)
- Likely given to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
