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Glass plate negatives

Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods

Portraits

      Within Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s collection of glass plate negatives are portraits of various individuals significant to the royal couple. In addition to their extended family, including King Leopold I, the negatives feature, among many others, Maharajah Duleep Singh, Princess Gouramma of Coorg and Sarah Forbes Bonetta. This section is completed with a range of portraits featuring personalities that visited the royal couple and a series of actors in costume, including Charles Kean and a young Ellen Terry.


      The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The aims of The Royal Collection Trust are the care and conservation of the Royal Collection, and the promotion of access and enjoyment through exhibitions, publications, loans and educational activities.