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His Royal Highness Prince Albert

Print
1844 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Three-quarter-length portrait, left hand on hip, turned to left and looking to right. The sitter is shown wearing armour, resting his right hand on a helmet, wearing a ribbon with the badge of the Order of the Garter around his neck and a sword at his left side.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHis Royal Highness Prince Albert (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph on paper
Brief description
Three-quarter-length portrait of Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, wearing armour. Lithograph by Franz Seraph Hanfstaengl after H. Thorburn, 1844.
Physical description
Three-quarter-length portrait, left hand on hip, turned to left and looking to right. The sitter is shown wearing armour, resting his right hand on a helmet, wearing a ribbon with the badge of the Order of the Garter around his neck and a sword at his left side.
Dimensions
  • Height: 41.4cm
  • Width: 29.9cm
Measured by SH 27/09/2010
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
'painted by H. Thorburn. drawn on stone by Fr. Hanfstaengl. His Royal Highness the Prince Albert 1844. printed in the lithographical institution of Fr. Hanfstaengl of Munich.' (Lettered)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
22178

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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