Albert and Victoria’s collection shows photographers’ working methods
Portraits
Within Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s collection of glass plate negatives are portraits of various individuals significant to the royal couple. In addition to their extended family, including King Leopold I, the negatives feature, among many others, Maharajah Duleep Singh, Princess Gouramma of Coorg and Sarah Forbes Bonetta. This section is completed with a range of portraits featuring personalities that visited the royal couple and a series of actors in costume, including Charles Kean and a young Ellen Terry.
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Maharajah Duleep Singh (1838-93)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Maharajah Duleep Singh (1838-93)
Hills & Saunders (1852-2019)
Portrait of an unknown man
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (1837-1905)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (1837-1905)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (1837-1905)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (1837-1905)
L Haase & Co (active c. 1860-1890s)
Prince Wilhelm, later Wilhelm II (1859-1941)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-92)
William Bambridge (1810-79)
Prince Louis, later Grand Duke of Hesse (1837-92)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-92)
William Henry Southwell (1823-70)
Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1833-91)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Count Alexander Mensdorff Pouilly (1813-71)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Prince Ernst Leopold (1830-1904) and Marie of Leiningen (1834–1899)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Prince Ernst (1830-1904) and Marie of Leiningen (1834–1899)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Feodore, Princess Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1807-72)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
Miss Sophie Weiss
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
Madeleine, Countess Blücher von Wahlstätt and Countess Schulenburg
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
Madeleine, Countess Blücher von Wahlstätt
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
Captain Ross
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
Captain Ross
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Francis George Hugh Seymour, Marquess of Hertford (1812-1884) with his son Hugh (1843–1912)
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Luis, Duke of Oporto, later Luis I, King of Portugal (1838-89) and Pedro V of Portugal (1837-61)
William Bambridge (1810-79)
Sarah [Sally] Bonetta Forbes (1843-80)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Lady Harriet Hamilton (1834-1913) as Mary, Queen of Scots
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Lady Harriet Hamilton (1834-1913) as Mary, Queen of Scots
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Lady Harriet Hamilton (1834-1913) as Mary, Queen of Scots
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Lady Harriet Hamilton (1834-1913) as Mary, Queen of Scots
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Lady Harriet Hamilton (1834-1913) as Mary, Queen of Scots
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Lady Harriet Hamilton (1834-1913) as Mary, Queen of Scots
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Lady Harriet Hamilton (1834-1913) as Mary, Queen of Scots
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Princess Amélie and Princess Clothilde of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Attributed to Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, later Duchess of Teck (1833-97)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Princess Victoria Gouramma of Coorg (1841-64)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Princess Victoria Gouramma of Coorg (1841-64)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Princess Victoria Gouramma of Coorg (1841-64)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau (1832-1905)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Prince Nikolaus Wilhelm of Nassau (1832-1905)
Unknown Person
Balkan soldiers
Unknown Person
Balkan soldiers
Unknown Person
Balkan soldiers
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Frederick III of Germany (1831-88), when Prince Frederick William of Prussia
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Frederick III Emperor of Germany (1831-88), when Prince Frederick William of Prussia
Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71)
Princess Amalie of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1821-1902)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Ernst Leopold, Prince of Leiningen (1830-1904)
Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s)
McHardy, Shepherd
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
The Comte d'Eu and Duc d'Alencon, Osborne
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Mr Charles Kean (1811-68) as Leontes
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Charles Kean and Ellen Terry as Leontes and Mamillius
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Charles Kean and Carlotta Leclercq as Leontes and Perdita
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Ellen Tree (1805-80) as Hermione
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Mrs Charles Kean (1805-80) as Hermione
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Miss Heath and Miss Leclercq as Florizel and Perdita
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
John Ryder (1814-85) as Polixenes
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
John Ryder (1814-85) as Polixenes
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
John Ryder (1814-85) as Polixenes
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Miss Heath and Miss Leclercq as Florizel and Perdita
Joseph Cundall (1819-95)
Miss Heath and Miss Leclercq as Florizel and Perdita
In Partnership with
The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.