Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
'Cradle presented by the City of Paris to the Prince Imperiale'
c.1856Albumen print coloured with watercolour | 22 x 16.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2914269
Hand-coloured photograph of the elaborately carved and decorated cradle made for the Prince Imperiale, later Napoléon III, Emperor of the French (1856-79), and presented by the City of Paris
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
22 x 16.7 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Beds
- Cradles
- Beds
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
- Science, Medicine and Technology