Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
The Princess Royal's wedding dress and train
c. 1858-9Albumen print | 8.7 x 10.9 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2905601
Photograph of the wedding dress and train worn by Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901), at her wedding on 25 January 1858. The dress is draped over chairs.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)8.7 x 10.9 cm (whole object)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Royal Weddings
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Textile Fibres
- Lace
- Textile Fibres
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
