Friday, November 5, 2010

Antique Image of the Day: Queen Victoria with a Portrait of Prince Albert, 1854

Queen Victoria, 1854
Brian Edward Duppa
The Royal Collection
The deep love between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert is legendary.  The two often surprised one another with special gifts and mementos.  They also shared a passionate interest in photography.  In July of 1854, Queen Victoria commissioned photographer Brian Edward Duppa to take a photo of her looking adoringly at a photographic portrait of her husband which Duppa had taken months earlier.  She presented the photograph as a gift to Prince Albert on July 5, 1854.

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