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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)

    Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia and her daughter Princess Charlotte

    c. 1880 after an original of Jul 1861

    Carbon print | 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2900512

    Photograph of a full length double portrait of Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901), holding her daughter Princess Charlotte (1860-1919) on her lap. Princess Victoria faces towards the camera  and looks downwards, to the left.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Subject(s)

      Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
      Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919)

    • 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image)

      31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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