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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)

    Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort

    1860

    Albumen print pasted onto card | 10.1 x 6.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2105659

    Carte-de-visite of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861). The photograph shows Prince Albert standing with his arm resting on a plinth with a curtain drapped above it. The Queen stands to the left.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Subject(s)

      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
      Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

    • 10.1 x 6.2 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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