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ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and royal children at Buckingham Palace

22 - 22 May 1854

Albumen print | 11.0 x 12.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900039

Photograph of, from left to right, Princess Helena, Princess Alice, Prince Albert, Princess Louise (in front of her father), Queen Victoria, Prince Arthur, Prince Alfred, Victoria, the Princess Royal, Prince Leopold (in pram) and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.

  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
    Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
    Princess Helena (1846-1923)
    Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
    Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
    Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)
    Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

  • annotation: The Queen, The Prince & 8 Royal Children/ at Buckingham Palace./ 22nd May: 1856. / By Mr Fenton. [beneath work, Date changed to 1854. ]

  • 11.0 x 12.7 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • City of Westminster [London]
                  • Buckingham Palace
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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