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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER QUEEN VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)

Princess Helena

c. 1854-64

Lithograph | 15.4 x 12.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506534

A lithograph from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: Princess Helena, her head and shoulders; her face turned three quarters to the right, and tilted slightly downwards; oval format; lettered below. After a watercolour by Queen Victoria, RCIN 980024.do.

  • Creator(s)

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    After Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (artist)

  • 15.4 x 12.8 cm (sheet of paper)

  • From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert