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Prince Alfred

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

c. 1860

Prince Alfred by John Jabez Edwin Mayall

Medium

Albumen print

Dimensions

Image/paper: 7.4 × 5.5 cm (2 15/16 × 2 3/16 in.); Mount: 9.7 × 6.2 cm (3 7/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

Classification

photograph

Department

Photography and Media

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

228194

Art Historical Context

**Prince Alfred**, a circa 1860 albumen print British photographer John Jabez Mayall, captures the royal in a compact, intimate format. Measuring just 7.4 × 5.5 cm on its paper, this petite photograph exemplifies the carte-de-visite style that swept Victorian society. Mayall, a leading portraitist of his era, gained fame for his crisp, flattering images of celebrities and nobility, including Queen Victoria's family. Here, he immortalizes Prince Alfred, Duke Edinburgh (1844–1900), Queen Victoria's second son, whose naval career would later define his legacy. The albumen printing process, using...

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