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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)

    Princess Beatrice (1857-1944)

    Mar 1861

    Albumen print | 8.2 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2900494

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She holds a light coloured hat trimmed with feathers in front of her. She poses beside a table draped with a patterned fabric.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Subject(s)

      Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)

    • annotation: Princefs Beatrice./ March 1861./ [lower right corner] Mayall. [beneath work]

    • 8.2 x 5.6 cm (image)

      31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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