Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)
Princess Helena
Aug 1855Albumen print with painted additions | 20.7 x 17.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2900058
Photograph of a near full length portrait of Princess Helena (1846-1923) seated, facing slightly towards the right. She turns her head three-quarters towards the left. She wears a lace-edged blouse, full skirt and flower garland on her head. She holds a straw hat in her left hand and a flower in her right hand. Photograph has been enhanced through painted additions.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Helena (1846-1923)annotation: Princess Helena./ Osborne. Aug. 1855./ By Mr. Mayall. [beneath work]
20.7 x 17.9 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- People
- Children
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Isle of Wight [England]
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Osborne House
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
