Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77)
Princess Alice c. 1850
Salted 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.
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Creator(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) (photographer)
After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)
Subject(s)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78) -
annotation: Princess Alice. 1845.-/ Photograph by Mr. Talbot, after/ the lithograph after Winterhalter [beneath work]
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12.5 x 9.5 cm (image)
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From an album acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
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
- visual works
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