Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78) c.1885 after an original of Feb 1861
Carbon print | 9.0 x 6.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900442
Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78), standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She looks to the left, her face captured in profile. She leans her right arm against a plinth and holds her hands together.
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Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78) -
9.0 x 6.0 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
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