Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
HUGHES & MULLINS : RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT
Prince Frederick William of Prussia, later Frederick William III (1831-88)
1887 copy after an original of 1857Carbon print | 18.9 x 14.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906742
Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince Frederick William of Prussia, later Frederick William III (1831-88), seated, facing three-quarters to the right. He looks ahead, away from the camera. He poses with his arms and legs crossed. There is a table beside him, draped with a patterned material.
Creator(s)
Hughes & Mullins : Ryde, Isle of Wight (photographer)
18.9 x 14.8 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
Prince Frederick William of Prussia, 1857 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert