Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-77)
Victoria, Princess Royal
c. 1850Salted paper print | 12.6 x 9.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2506510
Photograph of a print of a painting depicting Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901). The princess is depicting seated on the ground, looking at a flower she holds in her left hand.
The painting on which the print is based is by Franz Xaver Winter Halter (1805-73) and is held by the Royal Collection (RCIN 403056).
The painting on which the print is based is by Franz Xaver Winter Halter (1805-73) and is held by the Royal Collection (RCIN 403056).
Creator(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) (photographer)
After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)annotation: Victoria, Pcsf Royal- 1842./ Photograph by Mr. Talbot after/ the Print after Winterhalter. [beneath work]
12.6 x 9.9 cm (image)
- From an album compiled by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Art
- Paintings
- Art
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
