Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
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.
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
7.6 x 5.2 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)