Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78)
Feb 1861RCIN 2082674
Glass plate negative of a full length portrait of Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (1843-78). The princess is standing, facing towards the lright, her face captured in profile. She leans her arm on a plinth and holds her hands together.
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 2900441.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert