Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-77)
Princess Alice
circa 1850Salted paper print | 12.5 x 9.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2506512
Photograph of a print of a painting depicting Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78). Princess Alice is depicted seated on the ground. She places her left arm on the back of a dog seated beside her, and holds the dog's ear in her right hand.
Creator(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) (photographer)
After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)
Princess Alice. 1845.-/ Photograph by Mr. Talbot, after/ the lithograph after Winterhalter
12.5 x 9.5 cm (image)
- From an album acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Dogs
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Art
- Paintings
- Art
- Science, Medicine and Technology
