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Glass plate negatives

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

      UNKNOWN PERSON

      The Sitting Room, Frogmore House

      1861

      RCIN 2084129

      Glass plate negative of an interior view of Prince Victoria, Duchess of Kent's (1786-1861) Sitting room in Frogmore House. The image depicts a mirror, fireplace and the duchess' chair.

      The photograph was possibly taken shortly after the death of the duchess who lived the latter years of her live at Frogmore House.

      The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. Prints from this negative do not seem to exist in the Collection, however a variant from the same sitting is represented by RCIN 2101398.

      • Creator(s)

        Unknown Person (photographer)

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • England
                • Berkshire [England]
                  • Windsor [Berkshire]
                    • Windsor Home Park
                      • Frogmore Estate [Windsor Home Park]
                        • Frogmore House
                          • Interiors [Frogmore House, Windsor Home Park]
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Home economics
            • The Home
              • Sitting rooms
            • Furniture & accessories
              • Tables
              • Seating. Chairs
                • Chairs
                • Footstools
              • Mirrors
              • Furnishings
                • Lighting Devices
                  • Candle holders
                    • Candelabra
          • Ceramics
            • Porcelain
          • Engineering & Technology
            • Packaging
              • Containers
                • Vessels (containers)
                  • Vases
          • Construction
            • Structural parts of buildings
              • Doors
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Botany
            • Systematic botany
              • Plants & Flowers
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