Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Victoria, the Princess Royal and Prince Arthur as 'Summer'
c.1880 copy of an original of 10 Feb 1854Salted paper print | 12.6 x 15.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2900027
Photograph of a full length double portrait of Victoria, the Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) and Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942). The Princess Royal reclines on cushions. She holds a sickle in her right hand and raises her left hand to her head. Prince Arthur lies beside her. He wears a short tunic and there is a bundle of twigs to his right. 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]
12.6 x 15.1 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works
