- Subject
- Photography
- Item type
- Object
- Provenance
- Presented by Professor O. R. Gurney in 1973. They probably belonged to his father Robert Gurney, who was from Norfolk, and ultimately to Arthur Aldred of Great Yarmouth.
- Primary inscriptions
- Inscribed on back: 'A A No 29'. Printed on front: 'Views of Sandringham, (Registered)', 'By Command of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales.', 'London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company', and 'The Prince and Princess.'.
- Dimensions
- Height: 82mm Width: 173mm Depth: 1mm Weight: 13g
- Inventory No
- 12006
- Accession Number
- 1973-22/4
Description
Stereoscopic albumen prints mounted on yellow card, curved tops. Posed portrait of the Prince and Princess of Wales, he standing leaning on an urn (right) and she seated on a rustic bench. They were married on March 10, 1863, becoming a popular theme of commercial photographs; their country residence was Sandringham, where they first lived in 1864.
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Part of a group of 35 stereoscopic photographs (all albumen prints), chiefly genre scenes, living tableaux, and story sequences, and topographical subjects, both commercial and private. They belonged to Arthur Aldred, most being initialled and numbered on the back, and one of them inscribed: "A. Aldred Esqr | Dene House | Gt. Yarmouth" (probably the house depicted in the photograph); number 1 is a family group. With them as acquired were stereoscopic photographs of birds of later date, now catalogued separately (92612).
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