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 - 10 Feb 1854Wet 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.
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 2900027.
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 2900027.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)- From the collection of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- visual works
