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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)

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

    Jul 1861

    Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900522

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Victoria, Crown Princess of Prussia, later Empress of Germany (1840-1901), seated, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head towards the camera and looks downward. She rests her hands on a book she holds on her lap. She poses in front of a backdrop depicting a building, surrounded by a high gate, with trees in the foreground

    • Creator(s)

      Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (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.[lower right corner] Silvy. [beneath work, to the right]

    • 8.7 x 5.7 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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