Princess Helena and Louise. Children of Queen Victoria

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Monotone photograph mounted on paper then in card depicting an exterior scene of two young girls turned towards each other, but facing the camera. There is a rustic stool made of natural wood on its side in the foreground. Both of the young girls are in formal dress, wearing hats and leather gloves.

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Categories	Photographs The Royal Photographic Society Portraits Royalty
Object type	Photograph
Title	Princess Helena and Louise. Children of Queen Victoria (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Photography Calotype
Brief description	Photograph by Roger Fenton, 'Princess Helena and Louise. Children of Queen Victoria', calotype print, ca. 1854
Physical description	Monotone photograph mounted on paper then in card depicting an exterior scene of two young girls turned towards each other, but facing the camera. There is a rustic stool made of natural wood on its side in the foreground. Both of the young girls are in formal dress, wearing hats and leather gloves.
Dimensions	Mount width: 471mm Mount height: 571mm
Style	Mid 19th Century
Marks and inscriptions	'80' (Handwritten in pencil on paper under image) 'Princess Helena and Louise. Children of Queen Victoria/ Photograph by Roger Fenton about 1857-8/ [in pencil] c. 1854 (VAL)/ Acquired from the Fenton Family. 1933.' (Handwritten in ink and pencil on verso.) 'Calotype' (Handwritten in ink on verso.) '2003-5001_2_20108/ (25911 - duplicate number)/ Princess Helena x Louise. Salt Print (1856)' (Handwritten in pencil on verso of card mount.)
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.
Other numbers	3320 - RPS identifier - inventory no. 2003-5001_2_20108 - Science Museum Group accession number
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.3341-2018

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Record created	August 31, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1459414/princess-helena-and-louise-children-photograph-fenton-roger/

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