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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
May 1854Albumen 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)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)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 [London]
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Places
