Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
Planting of the Prince Consort's Memorial Tree, Windsor Great Park
Nov 1862RCIN 2083605
Glass plate negative of the official ceremony of the planting of the Prince Consort's Memorial Tree, Windsor Great Park, probably Flemish Farm
Those standing to the right of Queen Victoria are: Baroness von Schenck (fl. 1864); Col. A. Liddell (1812-88); Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) when Princess of Wales; the Grand Duchess of Hesse (1843-78); the Duke of Albany (1853-84) when Prince Leopold; Prince Louis of Hesse (1837-92); the Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939) when Princess Louise and Count Gleichen (1883-91).
Those standing to the left of Queen Victoria are: The Hon. A.N. Hood (fl. 1864); The Countess of Caledon (1825-88); Major General Francis H. Seymour (1813-90); Baron De Ross (1827-1907); Lieutenant General Charles Grey (1804-70); Mr William Menzies (1827-78) and Mr John Cole (d. 1869).
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 2927036.
Creator(s)
William Bambridge (1819-79) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Count Gleichen (1833-91)Jane Alexander, Countess of Caledon (1825-88)Sir Francis GH Seymour (1813-90)Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70)John Cole (d. 1869)William Menzies, Resident Deputy Surveyor of Woods and Forests at Windsor (1827-1878)General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1814-1904)Schenk, von, Baroness (fl.1864)Colonel George Augustus Frederick Liddell (1812-88)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Great Park [Windsor]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Places
