Glass plate negatives
Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1820-79)
Queen Victoria, Princess Alice and Prince Alfred in mourning
Mar 1862RCIN 2083592
Glass plate negative of a full length group portrait showing Queen Victoria seated, facing three-quarters to the left, in a drawing-room at Windsor. She looks down at a framed photograph of Prince Albert on her lap. Princess Alice kneels before her mother, holding her hand, and similarly looking at photograph. Prince Alfred stands behind his mother. Beisde Prince Alfred' is a bust portrait of Prince Albert.
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 2900546.
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 2900546.
Creator(s)
William Bambridge (1820-79) (photographer)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Interiors of Windsor Castle
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Places
