Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
Group photograph of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert with their four eldest children and
29 - 29 Sep 1855RCIN 2084354
Glass plate negative of a full-length group portrait taken outdoors at Balmoral. It shows Queen Victoria (1819-1901) who is seated; Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861), holding a hat and stick in one hand; Prince Alfred (1844-1900); Prince Frederick William of Prussia (1831-1888); Princess Alice (1843-1878); Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910), later King Edward VII; and Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901).
The negative has been masked out, indicating the photographer's intention to crop the work to the smaller frame.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this negative exists in the Collection, RCIN 2106411.
Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Family of Queen Victoria, Queen of the United KingdomPrince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Estate [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Places
