3 cartes de visite : albumen prints on card mounts ; each 11 x 7 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View an image of Mayall's original portrait of Queen Victoria (Scottish National Portrait Gallery)
https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/111609/queen-victoria
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
A series of three carte de visite photographs of Queen Victoria, all derived from a portrait of the Queen by John Jabez Edwin Mayall. Mayall's original photograph is one of series of 14 portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert taken in May 1860. Mayall's original depicted Queen Victoria seated in a dark dress, a fan in her right hand, her left hand drawn towards her chin. There is a table of props to Victoria's right. See link herewith for a version of the original image, from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Subject Terms:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Portraits. | Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861.
Form/Genre:
Memorial works. | Albumen prints. | Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) | Studio portraits. | Portrait photographs. | Photographs.