Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
The Duchess of Connaught, when Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860-1917) in her wedding dress
1879Albumen print | 13.4 x 9.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2905669
Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia, later the Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917), standing, facing right. She holds a small book in her left hand and rests her right hand on the back of a chair. She wears a short sleeved wedding dress decorated with flowers and a floral crown attached to a long lace veil.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught (1860-1917)13.4 x 9.5 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
