Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
GEORGE PINER CARTLAND
Saiyad Hamed Husain
c.1870-80Albumen print with hand-colouring in watercolour | 13.9 x 9.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2914340
Hand painted photograph of a full length portrait of Saiyad Hamed Husain or Ahmed Husain on horseback. He holds a lance in his right hand. He wears a striped turban and pale striped tunic. This photograph was probably taken within the grounds of Windsor Castle.
Creator(s)
George Piner Cartland (photographer)
Subject(s)
Ahmed Husain (Indian servant to QV)13.9 x 9.7 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Horses
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
