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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

    Albumen print | 7.8 x 5.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2513469

    Photograph of a full length group portrait of, from left to right, Princess Alice, Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent and Prince Alfred. The Duchess is seated at the centre of the grouping, with her grandchildren standing either side of her. Princess Alice places her left hand on her grandmother's shoulder. Photograph taken in Buckingham Palace.

    • Creator(s)

      Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861)
      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)

    • annotation: With Alice & Alfred. [break] Buckingham Palace./ April 1860. [beneath work, right side]

    • 7.8 x 5.0 cm (image)

      9.5 x 6.5 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Greater London [England]
                • London [Greater London]
                  • City of Westminster [London]
                    • Buckingham Palace
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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