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FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort at Osborne

c. 1859

Albumen photographic print pasted onto card | 8.5 x 5 cm (sight) | RCIN 2914923

Carte-de-visite photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) at Osborne in the 1850s. The photograph shows the Queen and Prince Albert standing together, linking arms, with the Queen on the left.

  • Creator(s)

    Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
    Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

  • 8.5 x 5 cm (sight)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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