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 1858
Albumen 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.
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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)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Royal Weddings
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
- visual works
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