Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
The Empress Dowager Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia (1798-1860)
1860Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907771
Photograph of The Empress Dowager of Russia standing in profile, facing left. She wears a dark colour dress, light colour head covering and her hair in ringlets. There is a chair on the left side of the photograph.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (1798-1860)annotation: The Empress Dowager of Russia./ 1860. [beneath work]
8.7 x 5.4 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
The Empress Dowager 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
