Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61)
11 May 1854Hand coloured (watercolour) albumen print | 20.3 x 14.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2914323
Hand painted photograph showing Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61) after a drawing room, wearing formal court dress.
A 'Drawing Room' was a formal court function at which ladies were 'presented at Court' (ie debutantes), as opposed to levees, when gentlemen were presented to the Sovereign. During the reign of Queen Victoria, Drawing Rooms took place in the afternoon and Levees in the morning.
A 'Drawing Room' was a formal court function at which ladies were 'presented at Court' (ie debutantes), as opposed to levees, when gentlemen were presented to the Sovereign. During the reign of Queen Victoria, Drawing Rooms took place in the afternoon and Levees in the morning.
Creator(s)
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Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905) (artist)
20.3 x 14.2 cm (image)
Photograph commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1854
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- The Home
- Drawing rooms
- The Home
- Home economics
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Costume & National dress
- Court Dress
- Costume & National dress
- Ethnology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
