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Victoria and her husband, Prince Albert, were early and eager adopters of new photographic technologies and commissioned many personal family portraits. Brigit Katz. Correspondent. May 22,...
Queen Victoria was the first Queen Regnant, and Prince Albert the first male consort, since the early 1700s. This presented a challenge to portrait painters, since the conventions that had been appropriate for Victoria’s male predecessors no longer applied.
24 de may. de 2019 · Artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805–1873) painted both Prince Albert and Queen Victoria multiple times. He became their official portraitist and was even entrusted to paint more private images for the couple.
She married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840. They had nine children, and on Albert’s death in 1861 she entered a period of mourning that she maintained for the rest of her life. From 1876, she also used the title Empress of India.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert sat before the camera for many photographers. The royal portrait was realized in different mediums ranging from daguerreotype to calotype to albumen silver print, but they all had one thing in common: the photographs were private and not for public distribution.
26 de ago. de 2019 · By 1876, Albert and his staff had enough material to constitute 25 different categories, from portraits to Old Testament subjects, saints, mythology and Vatican frescoes.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Prince Consort. c.1840 - c.1860. RCIN 2105659. Both Queen Victoria ( r .1837–1901) and Prince Albert (1819–61) were passionate about art and interested in new technologies, making them early and enthusiastic supporters of the new medium of photography.
