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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

Prince Frederick William of Prussia, later Frederick William III (1831-88)

1887 copy after an original of 1857

Carbon print | 18.9 x 14.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906742

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince Frederick William of Prussia, later Frederick William III (1831-88), seated, facing three-quarters to the right. He looks ahead, away from the camera. He poses with his arms and legs crossed. There is a table beside him, draped with a patterned material.
  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Frederick III, Emperor of Germany (1831-88)
  • 18.9 x 14.8 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Prince Frederick William of Prussia, 1857 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums