Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)
Apr 1860Albumen print | 7.6 x 5.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2513462
Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861) standing, facing slightly towards the left. She turns her head towards the camera and gazes to the right. She places her right hand on top of a plinth covered in a textile. She holds her lace shawl in her left hand. Photograph taken in Buckingham Palace.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Buckingham Palace./ April 1860.
7.6 x 5.0 cm (image)
9.5 x 6.5 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Places
