Glass plate negatives
Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
AFTER THOMAS RICHARD WILLIAMS (1825-71)
Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901)
c. 1858RCIN 2083288
Glass plate negative of an ambrotype nailed down on a wooden board (RCIN 2932490). The work shows Princess Victoria wearing her wedding dress. She is seated facing left wearing a lace dress decorated with flowers and a veil.
The negative has been masked out twice, indicating the photographer's intention to crop the work to the smaller square.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. Prints from this negative exists in the Collection. (e.g. 2905594).
Creator(s)
After Thomas Richard Williams (1825-71) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Wedding dresses
- Royal Weddings
- Wedding Ceremonial Costume
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Social sciences
