Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)
Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) later Princess Henry of Battenburg
1860-70Watercolour over photograph on card | 2.6 x 2.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/str external) | RCIN 420299
Miniature of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944), depicted half-length, aged about four years old. She wears a white lace dress, floral headdress and a coral necklace and holds a basket of flowers in her right hand.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
2.6 x 2.3 cm (support, canvas/panel/str external)
3.5 x 3.1 cm (frame, external)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
