Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
The Empress Frederick (1840-1901), when Princess Frederick of Prussia
1860Albumen print | 8.1 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907909
Photograph of Victoria, the Princess Royal, seated, facing halfway to the left. She gazes down, apparently reading an open book that she holds on her lap. There is a painted backdrop and curtains in the background.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)annotation: The Princess Royal/ Princess Frederic William of Prussia. 1860. [beneath work]
8.1 x 5.4 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 Princess Royal, Princess Frederic William of Prussia, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
- Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
Subject(s)
- Physical and Mental Activities
- Reading (activity)
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- Physical and Mental Activities
