Glass plate negatives
Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)
Family portrait with bust of Prince Albert
Apr 1863RCIN 2082662
Glass plate negative of a full length group portrait of royal family members taken after the wedding of Prince Albert Edward (1841-1910) and Princess Alexandra (1844-1925). The family are posed around a bust of Prince Albert. The sitters include Princess Louise, Alexandra, Princess of Wales, Queen Victoria, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Princess Beatrice, Prince Leopold, Princess Alice of Hesse, Princess Helena and Prince Louis of Hesse.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. At leats two prints from this negative exist in the Collection, RCIN 2927096 and 2900742.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. At leats two prints from this negative exist in the Collection, RCIN 2927096 and 2900742.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-92)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Busts
- Sculpture
- Plastic arts
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
