Glass plate negatives
Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)
The Duchess of Kent with Princess Alice and Prince Alfred
Apr 1860RCIN 2082368
Glass plate negative of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Prince Alfred (1844-1900), the Duchess of Kent (1786-1861) and Princess Alice (1843-78). The Duchess is seated at the centre of the grouping, with her grandchildren standing either side of her. Princess Alice places her left hand on her grandmother's shoulder. Photograph taken in Buckingham Palace.
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 Collection, RCIN 2513469.
Creator(s)
Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Places
