Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ANTOINE FRANÇOIS JEAN CLAUDET (1797-1867)
Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, Princess Alice and the Duchess of Gloucester at Gloucester House, 1856
30 - 30 Jun 1856Hand-coloured daguerreotype | 6.4 x 5.2 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2932493
Hand-coloured daguerreotype of Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910), Princess Alice (1843-1878) and the Duchess of Gloucester (1776-1857) at Gloucester House. Queen Victoria stands at the centre of the group facing partly right with the Duchess of Gloucester and Princess Alice seated to the right holding hands. Albert Edward sits on a chair to the left with his legs crossed.
The daguerreotype is painted with light pastel colours and is mounted in a red leather case with a maroon velvet interior.
Queen Victoria, accompanied by two of her children, visited her aunt the Duchess of Gloucester on the 30th of June 1856. In her Journal she recorded that she 'went in the afternoon to Gloucester House & was daguerreotyped with dear Aunt Gloucester, Bertie & Alice, several times.' At least four daguerreotypes were made during this sitting and on Claudet's request a notice was included in the Court Circular on the 2nd of July. The Duchess of Gloucester, the last surviving child of King George III, died the next year on the 30th of April 1857.
The daguerreotype is painted with light pastel colours and is mounted in a red leather case with a maroon velvet interior.
Queen Victoria, accompanied by two of her children, visited her aunt the Duchess of Gloucester on the 30th of June 1856. In her Journal she recorded that she 'went in the afternoon to Gloucester House & was daguerreotyped with dear Aunt Gloucester, Bertie & Alice, several times.' At least four daguerreotypes were made during this sitting and on Claudet's request a notice was included in the Court Circular on the 2nd of July. The Duchess of Gloucester, the last surviving child of King George III, died the next year on the 30th of April 1857.
Creator(s)
Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester & Edinburgh (1776-1857)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)6.4 x 5.2 cm (image) (image)
8.8 x 7.4 x 1.2 cm (excluding case, cover, etc)
Queen Victoria, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, the Prince of Wales and Princess Alice, Gloucester House
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- Piccadilly [London]
- Gloucester House [London]
- Piccadilly [London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
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