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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    L HAASE & CO (ACTIVE C. 1860-1890S)

    'The Prince and Princess Frederic William of Prussia with their children Prince William and Princess Charlotte'

    Aug 1860

    Albumen print hand-coloured in watercolour | 12 x 7.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2914297

    Hand-coloured full length group photograph of Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia and his wife Princess Victoria with their children Prince Wilhelm and Princess Charlotte.  Prince Frederick stands on the far left, facing right. He holds Prince Wilhelm, who stands on a table. Princess Victoria is seated in a chair, on the right side of the photograph. She gazes down at Princess Charlotte who she holds in her lap.

    • Creator(s)

      L Haase & Co (active c. 1860-1890s) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Frederick III, German Emperor (1831-88)
      Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919)
      Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
      Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia (1859-1941)

    • 12 x 7.7 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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