Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER WILLIAM CONSTABLE (1783-1861)
Prince Albert (1819-61)
1891 after an original of 1842Carbon print | RCIN 2931356.b
Photograph of a daguerreotype of a half length portrait of Prince Albert. He faces towards the camera and gazes to the right.
The original daguerreotype exists in the Royal Collection, RCIN 2932488.
The photograph documents one of two the daguerreotypes of Prince Albert taken in 1842, the earliest photographic portraits taken of a member of the British royal family. The other daguerreotype was similarly document, see RCIN 2931356.a.
Creator(s)
After William Constable (1783-1861) (photographer)
Hughes & Mullins : Ryde, Isle of Wight (photographer)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria
