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Glass plate negatives

Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods

FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61)

Jul 1859

Wet collodion negative | RCIN 2082681

Glass plate negative of a full length portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, posed near a small tree, on the terrace at Osborne.

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 2914925.

  • Creator(s)

    Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
    Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • negatives
            • glass plate negatives
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