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Glass plate negatives

Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods

WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1819-79)

Snowdrop, Prince Leopold's cat

Jul 1856

Wet collodion negative | RCIN 2083051

Glass plate negative of Snowdrop, a white cat who belonged to Prince Leopold (1853-84). The cat is seated on a fringed cushion. He wears a collar around his neck.

The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this sitting exists in the Royal Collection, see RCIN 2906222.

  • Creator(s)

    William Bambridge (1819-79) (photographer)

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Cats (domestic)
            • Snowdrop (cat, fl. 1856, belonged to Prince Leopold)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • negatives
            • glass plate negatives