Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Prince Philip of Württemberg, later Duke of Württemberg (1838-1917)
c. 1890 copy of an original of Oct 1856Salted paper print | 19.5 x 16.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2906631
Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince Philip of Württemberg, later Duke Philip of Württemberg (1838-1917) seated at a table, facing left. His face is captured in profile and he gazes down at a book placed on the table. He holds the book open with his left hand and places his right hand to his right cheek.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Philipp, Duke of Württemberg (1838-1917)annotation: Do./ Do. [Ditto; see RCIN 2906630] [beneath photograph]
19.5 x 16.4 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Prince Philip of Württemberg, Oct 1856 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Physical and Mental Activities
- Reading (activity)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Physical and Mental Activities
