Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
PIERRE FERRET (1815-75)
The Dowager Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1798-1860)
1860Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2907923
Photograph of Alexandra Feodorovna, Dowager Empress of Russia seated facing three-quarters to the right. She gazes ahead, away from the camera. She poses with her hands on her lap. She is seated beside a table. There appears to be knitting and a ball of yarn on the table.
Creator(s)
Pierre Ferret (1815-75) (photographer)
Previously attributed to Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (1798-1860)annotation: The Dowager Empress of Russia. 1860. [beneath work]
8.7 x 5.7 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
The Dowager Empress of Russia. 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
- Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- visual works
