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Glass plate negatives

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

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Victoria, the Princess Royal and Prince Arthur as 'Summer'

10 Feb 1854

Wet collodion negative | RCIN 2083654

Glass plate negative of a full length double portrait of Victoria, the Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) and Prince Arthur, later Duke of Connaught (1850-1942). The Princess Royal reclines on cushions. She holds a sickle. Prince Arthur lies beside her. He wears a short tunic and there is a bundle of twigs beside him. The children are dressed as the embodiment of Summer for a Tableaux of the Seasons performed at Windsor.
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    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert