Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Princess Helena and Princess Louise, Balmoral
1856Wet collodion negative | 38.0 x 31.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2079327
Glass plate negative of a full length double portrait of Princess Helena and Princess Louise, seated outside, facing towards each other. The sisters both looks towards the camera. They wear identical outfits, including hats. There is an upturned stool in foreground.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print of this negative exists in the Royal Collection, RCIN 2941852.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Helena (1846-1923)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)38.0 x 31.4 cm (whole object)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Places
