Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900525
Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78) standing, facing a quarter to the right. She turns her head towards the camera and looks downwards, to the left. She crosses her hands in front of her and holds a fan in her right hand. She poses beside various flora and in front of a painted backdrop depicting a landscape scene. In the backdrop is a plinth with an engraved 'A'.
Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)
8.7 x 5.7 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)