
The Royal Image and Commercial Photography
A new era of photography began in 1888 when the first roll-film camera was introduced onto the market, opening the door to amateur photographers. Several members of the Royal Family took up the new medium, with Princess Alexandra being the most enthusiastic and talented practitioner. Photography was able once again to invade the privacy of the Royal Family as they themselves were the authors of the photographs. For the first time the camera was now able to take truly informal pictures.
After Bryan Edward Duppa (1832-66)
Prince Albert (1819-1861), May 1854
After Bryan Edward Duppa (1832-66)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
After Henry Collen (1798-1879)
Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
The Queen, the Prince and eight Royal Children in Buckingham Palace Garden
Caldesi & Montecchi (active 1857-67)
The Royal Family on terrace at Osborne
William Bambridge (1820-79)
The Queen, The Princess Royal, Princess Alice and the Prince of Wales, Windsor, Feb 10th 1857'
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Prince Arthur (1850-1942)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Victoria, Princess Royal, and Princess Alice, Balmoral
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Princess Louise (1848-1939)
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Princess Helena (1846-1923)
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Prince Alfred (1844-1900), Balmoral
Roger Fenton (1819-69)
Princess Helena and Princess Louise, Balmoral
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred with their companions
James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness (1821-81)
King Edward VII (1841-1910), when Prince of Wales
Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)
Group at Buckingham Palace (Prince Leopold, Princess Louise, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice and Princess Helena)
Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)
Princess Louise, Princess Helena, Princess Beatrice, Prince Alfred, Princess Alice and Queen Victoria, Buckingham Palace
Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
Prince Arthur and Prince Alfred in the costume of Sikh Princes, Osborne
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Prince Arthur (1850 - 1942), later Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught
Leonida Caldesi (1823-91)
Prince Arthur (1850-1942)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, 2nd son of Queen Victoria (1844-1900)
Queen Victoria and Princess Alice with a bust of the Prince Consort
Camille Silvy (1834-1910)
Princess Alice (1843-78)
William & Daniel Downey (active 1860-early 1900s)
Princess Beatrice (1857-1944)
William & Daniel Downey (active 1860-early 1900s)
Prince Leopold (1853-84)
William Notman (1826-91)
Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, 1878 [in Portraits of Royal Children Vol.23 1878-79]
William Notman (1826-91)
Prince Arthur in fancy costume, Skating Carnival, Canada
Karl [Charles] Bergamasco (1830-96)
Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, 1876 [in Portraits of Royal Children Vol.21 1875-77]
Alexander Bassano (1829-1913)
Princess Victoria of Wales (1868-1935)
William & Daniel Downey (active 1860-early 1900s)
Princess Louise (1867-1931), Duchess of Fife, Mar Lodge
57 & 61 Ebury Street, London : W & D Downey
Double portrait of Princess Victoria of Wales (1868-1935)
Byrne & Co : Hill Street, Richmond
Princess Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872-1956)
Arthur Debenham (active c. 1868 to c. 1925)
Princess Sophie and Princess Margaret of Prussia
Cornelius Jabez Hughes (1819-84)
Prince Arthur and Princess Margaret of Connaught with Princess Alice of Albany on donkey carriage
Hills & Saunders : Eton
Prince Ernest Louis of Hesse (1868-1937)
Hills & Saunders : Eton
Princess Alix of Hesse (1872-1918)
Eduard Uhlenhuth (1853-c.1900)
Prince Alfred of Edinburgh, Ernest Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, and Prince George of Wales, Coburg April 1890
Mary Steen (1859-1939)
Queen Victoria and Princess Beatrice in the Queen's Sitting Room, Windsor Castle
Robert Milne (1865-1952)
Queen Victoria with Prince Edward, Prince Albert and Princess Mary of York, Balmoral
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921)
The Four Generations: Queen Victoria, Princess Beatrice, Princess Louis of Battenberg and Princess Alice of Battenberg
Attributed to John Thomson (1837-1921)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
57 Ebury Street : W & D Downey
Queen Victoria (1819-1901): Diamond Jubilee portrait
After Sir William Ross (1794-1860)
Four daguerreotype portraits of Queen Victoria; Prince Albert; Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales
Attributed to John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901)
Mourning ring with a microphotograph of Prince Albert (1819-61)
William & Daniel Downey (active 1860-early 1900s)
Alexandra, Princess of Wales, and Princess Louise in an open fan-shaped photograph frame
James Russell & Sons
Gilt metal locket with photograph of Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (1867-1953)
London : Walery
Grand Duke of Hesse's birthday
James Samuel Bell & Louis Willmott
Two photographs of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910), in silver strut frame in the form of a swallow
William & Daniel Downey (active 1860-early 1900s)
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910), in Masonic Regalia
William & Daniel Downey (active 1860-early 1900s)
Silver strut frame in the form of an English crown with two portraits of Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
William & Daniel Downey (active 1860-early 1900s)
King Edward VII (1841-1910)
Baron Lionel de Rothschild
King Edward VII (1841-1910), Strathspey, September 1909
L Haase & Co (active c. 1860-1890s)
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales; Prince Frederick William of Prussia and his wife, Victoria, Princess Royal
John Thomson (1837-1921)
Princess Beatrice (1857-1944)
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, 2nd son of Queen Victoria (1844-1900)
Self-portraits with a terrier
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha, 2nd son of Queen Victoria (1844-1900)
Prince Leopold with dogs
E Lange (active 1854-69)
Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)
Alphonse J Liébert (1817-1914)
King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, when Prince and Princess of Wales
William & Daniel Downey (active 1860-early 1900s)
Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales on board HMS 'Britannia'
W Watson : Ballater
Prince Alfred and Princesses Marie, Victoria Melita and Alexandra of Edinburgh
Unknown Person
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) wearing spectacles
Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Tea service applied with photographs taken by Queen Alexandra
Mortlocks
Bill for a china tea service
Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
Queen Victoria and her granddaughter, Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife, Abergeldie
Queen Alexandra, consort of King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
George, Duke of York, and his children Prince Albert, Prince Edward and Princess Mary, on board HMY 'Osborne'
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Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925)
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