Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Tableau of the Seasons
c.1880 after an original of 10 Feb 1854Carbon print mounted on card | 17.9 x 15.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2374657
Photograph of, from left to right, Princess Alice as the embodiment of Spring, Prince Arthur and Victoria, the Princess Royal as the embodiment of Summer, Princess Helena as The Spirit Empress, Prince Alfred as the embodiment of Autumn and Princess Louise and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales as the embodiment of Winter. The children act out the concluding Tableau of the Seasons, performed at Windsor Castle
Photograph originally displayed at Osborne.
Photograph originally displayed at Osborne.
Creator(s)
After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)annotation: no.1107 [?] [verso]
17.9 x 15.2 cm (image)
19.5 x 15.0 cm (mount)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
