Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901)
1857Hand-coloured photograph | 23.8 x 20.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2374618
Hand-coloured photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901). Queen Victoria is seated in a chair and the Princess is seated beside her, on the floor. Queen Victoria places her arm around her daughter. They both looks towards the camera. The sitters are flanked by columns and there is a window and drapery behind. Flowers are strewn on the floor before them.
Possibly the same photograph listed in the historic inventory of painted photographs (RCIN 2906481) which locates the photograph at Windsor Castle in the 19th century.
Possibly the same photograph listed in the historic inventory of painted photographs (RCIN 2906481) which locates the photograph at Windsor Castle in the 19th century.
Creator(s)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)23.8 x 20.3 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert; recorded in Room no 307 at Windsor Castle in 1878
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
