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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

HERMANN GÜNTHER : WERDERSCHER MARKT. 6, BERLIN

Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)

1862

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2908111

Photograph of Prince Heinrich of Prussia as an infant lying in a cot and wearing a bonnet. Vignette.

  • Creator(s)

    Hermann Günther : Werderscher Markt. 6, Berlin (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929)

  • 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Prince Henry of Prussia, son of the Crown Prince, 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Mammals
              • Humans
                • Babies (human)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Home economics
        • Furniture & accessories
          • Beds
            • Cots
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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