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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Victoria, Princess Frederick of Prussia, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) and the infant Prince William, later Wilhelm II (1859-1941)

c.1880 after an original of May 1859

Carbon print | 14.4 x 11.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2900180

Photograph of a full length portrait of Victoria, Princess Frederick of Prussia, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) holding her infant son Prince William, later Wilhelm II (1859-1941). The princess faces towards the camera and looks at her son. Photograph taken in Berlin.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • Victoria/ Princefs Royal,/ Princefs Frederic William of Prufsia,/ and the infant Prince William./ Berlin, May 1859.

  • 14.4 x 11.8 cm (image)

    30.8 x 24.4 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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