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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    AFTER L HAASE (ACTIVE C. 1860-90)

    Group portrait, Potsdam

    1887 copy after an original of Jun 1859

    Carbon print | 12.8 x 11.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2906774

    Photograph of a full length group portrait taken in Potsdam. The portrait features, from left to right, Victoria, Princess Frederick of Prussia, Marie, Princess Charles of Prussia, Princess Marie and Princess Elizabeth of Prussia and Marie, Princess Frederick Charles of Prussia. There are a variety of plants in the background.

    • Creator(s)

      After L Haase (active c. 1860-90) (photographer)

      Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
      Princess Marie of Prussia (1837-1906)
      Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess of Prussia (1808-77)
      Princess Marie of Prussia (1855-88)
      Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (1857-95)

    • annotation: Pcf Fred: Wm Pcf Charles- Pcf Fred: Charles/ & little Pcfss Marie & Eliza of/ Prussia. Potsdam. 1859. (Haase). [beneath work]

    • 12.8 x 11.7 cm (image)

      28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

      29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

    • Group, Potsdam, June 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Germany
            • Brandenburg [Germany]
              • Potsdam [Germany]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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