Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
Group portrait at Osborne
Jul 1858Wet collodion negative | RCIN 2084438
Glass plate negative of a group portrait of the royal family, featuring Princess Louise, Princess Alice, Princess Helena and Prince Arthur. Photograph taken on the terrace at Osborne.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print of this work exists in the Collection, see RCIN 2900138.
Creator(s)
Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Princess Helena (1846-1923)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Isle of Wight [England]
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Osborne House
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Places