Albert and Victoria’s collection shows photographers’ working methods
Owing to Prince Albert (1819-61) and Queen Victoria’s (1819-1901) extensive commissioning of photographers, their collection includes a significant number of early nineteenth-century glass plate negatives.
The negatives are an important material record of early photographic processes and provide an insight into the working methods of photographers, including Roger Fenton (1819-69), Frances Sally Day (1816-92), Martin Laroche (1814-86) and Joseph Cundall (1818-95), and the early means of documenting works of art by photography. The negatives also reveal the editing and cataloguing process undertaken by photographers in association with the royal family. Where negatives have been scratched, it can be assumed the negative image was unfavourably received by the royal family. Numbers scratched into the plate reveal cataloguing systems undertaken by the royal family since the nineteenth century.
The collection of glass plate negatives includes intimate family portraits, views of royal residences and portraits of soldiers from the Crimea conflict and notable Victorian actors.
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Attributed to Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Unknown Person
Unknown Person
Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Attributed to? Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Attributed to? Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Attributed to? Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Attributed to? Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Attributed to? Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Attributed to Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55)
Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71)
Cundall & Howlett
Unknown Person
Unknown Person
Unknown Person
Cundall & Howlett
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Attributed to Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71)
Cundall & Howlett
William Bambridge (1820-79)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71)
Cundall & Howlett
Cundall & Howlett
Attributed to Cundall & Howlett
Attributed to Cundall & Howlett
Attributed to Cundall & Howlett
Unknown Person
William Bambridge (1820-79)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Unknown Person
William Bambridge (1820-79)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Cundall & Howlett
William Bambridge (1820-79)
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Cundall & Howlett
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Unknown Person
William Bambridge (1820-79)
Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)