Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER EDMUND THOMAS PARRIS (1793-1873)
The Queen of the Belgians. In her wedding dress
dated 1832Etching with stipple | 21.3 x 16.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506495
An etching from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: Marie Louise d'Orléans, Queen of the Belgians; full length, about to mount some stairs, holding the banister with her right hand, wearing a dress and a veil; pinned-up hair with ringlets on each side. Lettered below, and dated on the mount.
Creator(s)
After Edmund Thomas Parris (1793-1873) (artist)
William Hopwood (1784-1853) (printmaker)
21.3 x 16.1 cm (sheet of paper)
From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
