Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)
The Princess Royal
Aug 1855Salted paper print with painted additions | 21.0 x 17.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2900057
Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1844-1901) seated, facing halfway to the right. She turns her head towards the left and gazes ahead, away from the camera. She poses with her hands held together, holding a flower, on her lap. Photograph has been enhanced through painted additions in monochrome.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)annotation: The Princess Royal./ Osborne. Aug. 1855./ By Mr. Mayall. [beneath work]
21.0 x 17.2 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
