Mobile menu

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)

Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) Mar 1861

Albumen print | 8.2 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2900497

Your share link is...

  Close

Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) standing, facing halfway to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She holds a hat trimmed with white feathers in front of her, placing the hat on top of a table or plinth draped with patterned fabric. A striped shawl also sits on top of the table.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)
    Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)
  • 8.2 x 5.6 cm (image)

    31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs