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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

    Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort at Osborne

    1859

    Albumen photographic print pasted onto card | 9.8 x 6.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2105653

    Carte-de-visite of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) at Osborne in the 1850s. The photograph shows the Queen and Prince Albert standing together in front of a statue of a woman, with the Queen on the left. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert wear middle-class dress and are presented as equals, standing side-by-side.

    • Creator(s)

      Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

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

    • 9.8 x 6.2 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Isle of Wight [England]
                • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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