Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
Princess Helena (1846-1923) and Princess Louise, later Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
Jun 1860RCIN 2082599
Glass plate negative of a full length double portrait of Princess Helena and Princess Louise. Princess Louise stands, facing a quarter to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera and places one arm around her sister. She holds a flower in the other hand. Princess Helena is seated, facing halfway to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera and holds a book open with both hands on her lap. The sisters are posed between two plinths and are dressed in a similar fashion.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this negative exists in the Collection, RCIN 2900345.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Princess Helena (1846-1923)Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Organisation
- Documentation
- Books
- Documentation
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Botany
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- negatives
- glass plate negatives
- negatives
- photographs
- Organisation
