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      AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

      'Princess Royal and Princess Alice'

      8 - 8 Feb 1854

      Salted paper print | 20.0 x 16.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2917833

      Photograph of a full length double portrait of Victoria, Princess Royal, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901) and Princess Alice, later Grand Duchess of Hesse by Rhine (1843-78). The young princesses face towards the camera, posing arm in arm. The Princess Royal stands and Princess Alice sits beside her. They wear long skirts with fitted jackets, and hats.

      • Creator(s)

        After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
        Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)

      • 20.0 x 16.7 cm (image)

      • From an album compiled by Princess Helena

      • Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
              • cartes-de-visite
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