This website presents our knowledge and research on this important aspect of the Royal Collection. As of April 2026 it will not be regularly updated and new research on this topic will sit within the main website.

Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

HILLS & SAUNDERS (1852-2019)

Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia (1859-1941), when Prince Wilhelm of Prussia; Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919), when Princess Charlotte of Prussia; and Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929)

28 - 28 Nov 1863

Albumen print | 8.1 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2908163

Photograph of, from left to right: Princess Charlotte standing, her left foot up on a low stool, her right hand by her side and her left hand on the back of the chair on which her brothers sit; Prince Henry, sitting facing front; and Prince William, sitting facing front, wearing tunic, boots. 
  • Creator(s)

    Hills & Saunders (1852-2019) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919)
    Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1859-1941)
    Prince Henry of Prussia (1862-1929)
  • 8.1 x 5.7 cm (image)

    9.8 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Prince William, Princess Charlotte and Prince Henry of Prussia (Children of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Prussia), 1863. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite