Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61)
1889 copy after an original of 30 Jun 1854Printed in carbon by Mullins in 1889 | 18.9 x 14.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906527
Photograph of a full length portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61). The Queen stands facing the viewer with her left hand on the Prince's shoulder and her right on the pages of a book or album that the Prince holds. The Prince is seated in left side profile, looking down at the book, with his right leg crossed over his left.
Queen Victoria states in her journal for the 30 June 1854 that both she and Prince Albert were 'very successfully photographed, but it took a long time.' RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/1854: 30 June
Queen Victoria states in her journal for the 30 June 1854 that both she and Prince Albert were 'very successfully photographed, but it took a long time.' RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/1854: 30 June
Creator(s)
View person pageAfter Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
Reproduced & Printed in carbon by Mullins 1889
18.9 x 14.5 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Buckingham Palace, June 30th 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Commissioned 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
