Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
EMPRESS FRIEDRICH, CONSORT OF FRIEDRICH III, EMPEROR OF GERMANY & KING OF PRUSSIA (1840-1901)
'Victoria, Princess Royal, Princess Frederick William of Prussia and her infant son'
Mar 1859Albumen print hand-coloured in watercolour | 3.9 x 3.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2914282
Hand-coloured photograph of Princess Victoria, Princess Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia, later German Empress Frederick III (1840-1901) with her first son, Prince Wilhelm, later Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany (1859-1941). The infant is wrapped in a red shawl. Princess Victoria wears a checked dress and red ribbons in hair.
Photograph from a daguerreotype. Photograph coloured by Princess Victoria.
Creator(s)
Empress Friedrich, consort of Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1840-1901) (colourist)
After Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71) (photographer)
3.9 x 3.9 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria
