Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Wedding veil of Victoria, the Princess Royal
c.1858-9Albumen print | 12.2 x 11.1 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2905599
Photograph of the wedding veil of Victoria, the Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901). She wore the veil on her wedding day, 25 January 1858.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)12.2 x 11.1 cm (whole object)
- 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
