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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    AFTER EDWARD HENRY CORBOULD

    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

    c. 1861

    Albumen photographic print pasted onto card | 8.5 x 5 cm (sight) | RCIN 2914970

    Carte-de-visite photograph of a painting of Prince Albert at Balmoral, standing by a gate. There is a lush forest in the background. The painting, by Edward Henry Corbould, was based on a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall taken in March 1861.

    • Creator(s)

      After Edward Henry Corbould (artist)

      John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

    • 8.5 x 5 cm (sight)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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