Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER THOMAS RICHARD WILLIAMS (1825-71)
Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and Victoria, the Princess Royal
c.1880 after an original of 25 Jan 1858Carbon print | 14.2 x 11.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2900123
Photograph of three-quarter length group portrait of, from left to right, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and Victoria, the Princess Royal. The Princess Royal is dressed in her wedding dress.
Photograph from daguerreotype taken before the wedding of the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick of Prussia. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.
Photograph from daguerreotype taken before the wedding of the Princess Royal to Prince Frederick of Prussia. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.
Creator(s)
After Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)annotation: The Queen, The Prince Consort & Princess Royal./ 25 Jan: 1858./ From a Daguerreotype taken just before the marriage ceremony/ by Williams. [beneath work]
14.2 x 11.5 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (whole object)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Brides
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Royal Weddings
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
