Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Princess Helena Aug 1855
Salted paper print with painted additions | 16.0 x 12.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900059
Photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Princess Helena (1844-1923) facing three-quarters to the left. She gazes downwards and raises her hand to her chin. She wears her hair loose and has a flower garland on her head. Photograph taken at Osborne.
Photograph enhanced through painted additions. Photograph presented as a vignette and cropped into an oval.
Photograph enhanced through painted additions. Photograph presented as a vignette and cropped into an oval.
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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]
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16.0 x 12.0 cm (image)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- 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
- visual works
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