Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
L FRISCH & CIE : WEIMAR
Sophia, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1824-97)
1861Albumen print | 8.9 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2907964
Photograph of Sophia, Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, seated at a table, facing left. She turns her head towards the camera. She holds a quill pen in her right hand, giving the impression she is writing a letter.
Creator(s)
L Frisch & Cie : Weimar (photographer)
Subject(s)
Grand Duchess Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1824-97)annotation: The Grand-Duchess of Saxe-Weimar. / 1861. [beneath work]
8.9 x 5.5 cm (image)
9.9 x 6.3 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
The Grand Duchess of Saxe Weimar. 1861. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
- Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
Subject(s)
- Physical and Mental Activities
- Writing
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- Physical and Mental Activities
