Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
After Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815-75)
The Christening of Princess Beatrice in the private Chapel at Buckingham Palace c. 1857
Albumen print | 17.5 x 23.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2905591
Photograph of a painting depicting the christening of Princess Beatrice at the chapel at Buckingham Palace ion 16 June 1857. Prince Albert and Queen Victoria stand on the left side of the composition with eight of their nine children.
This painting is held in the Royal Collection, RCIN 919914.
This painting is held in the Royal Collection, RCIN 919914.
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Creator(s)
After Egron Sellif Lundgren (1815-75) (artist)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)Archbishop of CanterburyLondon, Bishop ofMaximilian I, Emperor of Mexico (1832-67)Lady Caroline Barrington (1799-1875)Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901) -
17.5 x 23.5 cm (image)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster
- Buckingham Palace
- Chapel [Buckingham Palace]
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- History
- History of Europe
- History of England & Great Britain
- England & Great Britain-History (Victoria & House of Windsor 1837-)
- England & Great Britain-History (Victoria 1837-1901)
- England & Great Britain-History (Victoria & House of Windsor 1837-)
- General medieval and modern history (European history)
- History of England & Great Britain
- History of Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Astronomy
- Geodesy & Surveying
- Topography
- Geodesy & Surveying
- Astronomy
- visual works
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