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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

'The Queen'; Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

1889 copy after an original of 8 Feb 1854

Carbon print | 21.1 x 15.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906507

Photograph of a full length portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head towards the camera. Queen Victoria poses with her hands placed on the back of a chair. She wears a tartan cloak over her dress. Photograph taken at Windsor Castle.
  • Creator(s)

    After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
  • annotation: The Queen-/ Windsor Castle- Feb: 8- 1854/ by Mr. Fenton. [beneath photograph]

    annotation: Reproduced & Printed by Mullins 1889 [mount, lower left]

  • 21.1 x 15.9 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Queen Victoria, Windsor Castle, Feb 8th 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1887)]

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1854

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Architectural design
          • Interiors
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums