Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Queen Victoria, the Prince Consort, and their children with the Duchess of Kent
1854Albumen print | 10.1 x 12.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2143858
Photograph of a group portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their seven eldest children and Queen Victoria's mother, the Duchess of Kent. The group are posed in front of a fountain at Osborne House. The group stand, positioned from left to right are: Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Princess Victoria, Princess Royal, Prince Arthur, Princess Alice, Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Princess Louise, the Duchess of Kent, Princess Helena and Prince Alfred.
Creator(s)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)Family of Queen Victoria, Queen of the United KingdomVictoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)annotation: Queen Victoria & P'ce / Consort & children. D'ss of Kent. [On page, below photograph]
10.1 x 12.7 cm (image) (image)
25.9 x 36.6 cm (page dimensions)
- From an album belonging to Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. The album was given to HM Queen Elizabeth II by the Duchess of Beaufort, and placed in the Photograph Collection on June 7th 1976.
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Isle of Wight [England]
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Osborne House
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Hampshire [England]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Fountains
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
