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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

L HAASE (ACTIVE C. 1860-90)

The Empress Friedrich (1840-1901) when Princess Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia

1860

Albumen print | 8.4 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2907749

Photograph of Victoria, Princess Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, standing, facing towards the camera. She wears a lace-trimmed overcoat and bonnet. She has both hands inside a fur muff.

  • Creator(s)

    L Haase (active c. 1860-90) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)

  • annotation: The Princess Royal/ Pcss Frederic Wm of Prussia. 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.4 x 5.2 cm (image)

    9.4 x 5.8 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.3 x 19.8 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • The Princess Royal, Princess Frederic of Prussia, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.47]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Muffs
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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