Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE
'Princess Helena at her confirmation'
17 - 17 Apr 1861Albumen print hand-coloured with watercolour | 13.9 x 10 cm (image) | RCIN 2914302
Hand-coloured photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Helena (1846-1923) standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She poses holding a book with both hands in front of her body. She wears her confirmation dress, consisting of a long sleeve, full length white dress, and stands in front of the altar at Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight.
Creator(s)
William Bambridge (photographer)
Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905) (colourist)
Subject(s)
Princess Helena (1846-1923)13.9 x 10 cm (image)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Isle of Wight [England]
- Whippingham [Isle of Wight]
- St Mildred's Church [Whippingham]
- Whippingham [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
