Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
'Victoria, Princess Royal, Crown Princess of Prussia'; Princess Victoria, later Empress Frederick III (1840-1901)
c.1862Albumen print hand-coloured with watercolour | 8.3 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2914305
Hand-coloured photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Victoria, later Empress Frederick III (1840-1901) standing behind a chair. She lens on the chair, placing her left arm and right elbow on the chair's back. She rests her chin in her right hand. Princess Victoria wears a blue dress with a multi-tiered skirt and a flower crown. There is a yellow curtain in the background and a pot plant beside her.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)8.3 x 5.2 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
