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Glass plate negatives

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

JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)

The Princess Royal 

Aug 1855

RCIN 2084855

Glass plate negative of a full-length portrait of Victoria, the Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) seated on a chair. The young princess faces halfway to the left. She turns her head towards the opposite direction and gazes ahead, away from the camera. Her hands are placed on her lap holding a flower. She wears a short-sleeved gown decorated with lace.

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 2900056.
  • Creator(s)

    John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Flowering plants