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Portraiture

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.1880 after an original of May 1860

Carbon print | 7.6 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2900327

Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78) seated, facing left. She turns her head slightly towards the camera and gazes down, looking away from the camera. She places her left hand on her cheek and holds a book in her right hand. She poses beside a balustrade. She wears a dark coloured dress decorated with bows.

  • Creator(s)

    John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)

  • Princefs Alice./ May. 1860./ Mayall.

  • 7.6 x 5.2 cm (image)
    31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert