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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

May 1854

Albumen print | 9.3 x 8.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906518

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) seated, facing towards the camera. She turns her head three-quarters to the left and gazes down. She wears a plumed headdress, sash and a dress decorated with lace and flowers. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.
  • Creator(s)

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    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • 9.3 x 8.8 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Queen Victoria, Buckingham Palace, May 1854 (after a drawingroom) [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1854

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster
                  • Buckingham Palace
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Social customs
          • Marriage
            • Wedding Ceremonial Costume
              • Wedding dresses