Princess Louise and Prince of Wales
Photograph
10/02/1856 (photographed)
10/02/1856 (photographed)
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Photographic print in monochrome depicting a boy and a girl sitting next to a campfire with a cauldron on a set. On the right, the boy dressed in a broad brimmed hat, a cloak with fake snow attached, a long light-coloured beard, dark shirt and trousers and fur-lined boots appears to be sleeping leaning on the tripod, and a girl in a blouse, jacket, skirt and hat appears to be warming on her hands on the fire.
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Title | Princess Louise and Prince of Wales (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | albumen print |
Brief description | Photograph by Roger Fenton, 'Princess Louise and Prince of Wales', as 'Winter' in the Tableaux of the Seaons, Windsor, albumen print, 1856. |
Physical description | Photographic print in monochrome depicting a boy and a girl sitting next to a campfire with a cauldron on a set. On the right, the boy dressed in a broad brimmed hat, a cloak with fake snow attached, a long light-coloured beard, dark shirt and trousers and fur-lined boots appears to be sleeping leaning on the tripod, and a girl in a blouse, jacket, skirt and hat appears to be warming on her hands on the fire. |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Princess Louise & Prince Arthur' (Handwritten in pencil on verso. Prince of Wales mistaken as Prince Arthur.) |
Credit line | The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund. |
Object history | The Tableaux of the Seasons was performed at Windsor Castle by the seven eldest children of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to mark their parent's 14th wedding anniversary. The scenes were based on The Seasons by the 18th century poet James Thomson and were photographed by Roger Fenton. Queen Victoria recorded in her journal that: 'The scenery was admirably adapted to each Tableau & appropriate music was played between each. They all looked and did their parts so well…We were all delighted, & the whole, was such a pretty idea'. The photographs were mounted into an album with corresponding watercolours by Carl Haag and were presented to Queen Victoria by Prince Albert on her birthday, 24th May 1854. (Royal Collection) |
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Accession number | RPS.5207-2018 |
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Record created | October 30, 2018 |
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