Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)
'The Honourable Beatrice Byng and Viscountess Canning'
1889 copy after an original of Aug 1855Carbon print | 21.1 x 17.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906604
Photograph of a three-quarter length double portrait of Beatrice Byng (1826-84) and Charlotte, Viscountess Canning (1817-61). The two women are seated and face towards each other. Byng rests her left hand on Canning's right shoulder and her right hand on Canning's right hand. A straw hat rests on Byng's lap.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Beatrice Eliza Christiana Catherine Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (1825-84)Charlotte Canning, Viscountess Canning (1817-61)annotation: Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by [break] Mullins 1889 [mount, lower left and lower right ]
annotation: The Hon: Beatrice Byng & Viscountess Canning/ Aug: 1855/ By Mayall. - [beneath photograph]
21.1 x 17.8 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
The Hon. Beatrice Byng & Viscountess Canning, Aug 1855 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Clothing
- Headgear
- Hats
- Bonnets
- Hats
- Headgear
- Clothing
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- Science, Medicine and Technology
