Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ANDRÉ ADOLFE EUGÈNE DISDÉRI (1819-89)
The Honourable Major General Robert Bruce (1813-62)
c. 1860Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2910655
Photograph of full length portrait of the Honourable Robert Bruce (1813-62) standing, facing towards the camera. He looks towards the right. He places his right hand on the back of a nearby chair and places his left hand in his pocket.
Bruce was Governor to the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
Bruce was Governor to the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
Creator(s)
André Adolfe Eugène Disdéri (1819-89) (photographic agency)
Disdéri et Cie. : 8 Boulevart des Italiens, Paris (photographic agency)
Subject(s)
Major-General Robert Bruce (1813-62)annotation: General the Hon: R. Bruce./ 1860.- [beneath work]
8.6 x 5.3 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.0 cm (mount)
23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
General the Hon. R. Bruce, 1860. [Royal Household Portraits. Volume 57.]
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- visual works
