Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Victoria, Princess Royal and Prince Arthur as 'Summer'
c.1880 after an original of 10 Feb 1854Carbon print | 12.8 x 15.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2900026
Photograph of Victoria, the Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) reclining on cushions, her arms around the young Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) who sits beside her. the Princess Royal wears a long, sleeveless gown, sandals and flowers in hair. Prince Arthur wears a short tunic and holds goblet in his right hand. The children are dressed as the embodiment of Summer for a Tableaux of the Seasons, performed at Windsor.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)annotation: The Princess Royal & Prince Arthur/ as Summer in the Tableaux of the Seasons./ Windsor Castle. 10 Feb: 1854./ By Mr Fenton. [beneath work]
12.8 x 15.8 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
