Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
JOSEPH CUNDALL (1819-95)
T'he Honourable Mrs Biddulph in her wedding dress'; Lady Mary Biddulph (1824-1902) in her wedding dress
1857Albumen print hand-coloured with watercolour | 8 x 6.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2914276
Photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Lady Mary Biddulph (1824-1902), facing three-quarters to the right. She wears a bridal dress, and floral wreath on her head. She carries a small posy of flowers.
Mary Frederica Seymour was Maid-in-Honour to Queen Victoria and and married Colonel Biddulph on 16 February 1857. After her marriage she became a honourary Woman of the Bedchamber.
Creator(s)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95) (photographer)
Locke (active 19th century) (colourist)
Subject(s)
Lady Mary Frederica Biddulph (1824-1902)8 x 6.8 cm (image)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Brides
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
