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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Victoria, German Empress consort and Queen consort of Prussia (1840-1901), when Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia

1862

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2908106

Photograph of The Crown Princess Victoria of Prussia, standing facing 3/4 left. She reads a book. Armchair and drapery to right. She wears a headdress made of wheatsheafs.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)

  • 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image)

    9.8 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • The Crown Princess of Prussia (Princess Royal of England), 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Physical and Mental Activities
      • Reading (activity)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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