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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)

    Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901)

    c.1880 after an original of Jul 1861

    Carbon print | 8.6 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2900510

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901), standing, facing left. She turns her head very slightly towards the camera and gazes downwards. She holds a posy in front of her waist with both hands.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Subject(s)

      Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)

    • annotation: The Crown Princess of Prussia,/ (Princess Royal of England)/ July, 1861. [beneath work, to the left]

    • 8.6 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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