Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
THOMAS RICHARD WILLIAMS (1825-71)
Victoria, the Princess Royal, in her wedding dress
c.1858 after an original of 25 January 1858Albumen print | 12.7 x 12 cm (image) | RCIN 2905594
Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Victoria, the Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901), seated, facing three-quarters to the left. She wears her wedding dress, veil and floral crown.
The photograph is after a daguerreotype taken just before the marriage.
The photograph is after a daguerreotype taken just before the marriage.
Creator(s)
Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)12.7 x 12 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Royal Weddings
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
