A Woodburytype entitled 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales', taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1876. The photograph shows Prince Albert (1841-1910), eldest son of Queen Victoria. This Woodburytype is the frontispiece of the first of a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. The caption underneath this portrait reads, 'Photographed from life expressly for this work, July 17th, 1876.'
A Woodburytype entitled 'His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales', taken by Lock and Whitfield in 1876.
The photograph shows Prince Albert (1841-1910), eldest son of Queen Victoria.
This Woodburytype is the frontispiece of the first of a series of seven volumes entitled 'Men of Mark'. Published between 1876 and 1883, each volume featured 36 portraits of prominent men of the time. A brief biographical essay by Thompson Cooper (1837-1904) accompanied each portrait.
The caption underneath this portrait reads, 'Photographed from life expressly for this work, July 17th, 1876.'
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Kodak Collection
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6007/1
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
