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 30 Jun 1854Carbon print | 19.0 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906528
Photograph of a three-quarters length left profile portrait of Queen Victoria seated in left side profile. She holds papers or a book in her hands and wears a morning cap. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.
Queen Victoria states in her journal for the 30 June 1854 that both she and Prince Albert were 'very successfully photographed, but it took a long time.' RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/1854: 30 June
Queen Victoria states in her journal for the 30 June 1854 that both she and Prince Albert were 'very successfully photographed, but it took a long time.' RA VIC/MAIN/QVJ/1854: 30 June
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/ Buckingham Palace-/ June- 30- 1854,/ by R. Fenton. [beneath work]
annotation: Reproduced & Printed in carbon by Mullins 1889 [mt ll-lr]
19.0 x 16.1 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
The Queen, Buckingham Palace, June 30 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
