Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1819-79)
"Tableau of The Allies"
1856Albumen print coloured with watercolour | 14.9 x 14.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2914266
Photograph of a full length group portrait of Prince Arthur, Princess Louise and Princess Helena, dressed as soldiers in a tableau of 'The Allies'. Prince Arthur, on the left, is dressed as an English soldier. Princess Louise, in the centre, appears to be dressed as a Vivandiere, a French term for a woman attached to a military regiment as sutlers or canteen-keepers. Princess Helena, on the right, is dressed as a French soldier. Behind the children is a landscape with distant sea and crescent moon. There is a rifle in the foreground, lying on the ground.
Two other variants of this group survive in the collection: an unpainted photograph (RCIN 2900066) and a copy of this work (RCIN 408954).
Two other variants of this group survive in the collection: an unpainted photograph (RCIN 2900066) and a copy of this work (RCIN 408954).
Creator(s)
William Bambridge (1819-79) (photographer)
Alfred Hichens Corbould (1821-74) (colourist)
Subject(s)
Princess Helena (1846-1923)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)14.9 x 14.6 cm (image)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
