Fashion in Photography: a Royal Family Album

During their recent visit to the area for a family wedding, fashion photographer David Burton and his wife Sarah stopped by our Gannett Foundation Photographic Study Center. Archivist Joe Struble prepared a selection of 'fashion in photography' images on the print rail and brought a few albums out for viewing--- which gave us a chance to take a closer look at one album that made a particular (and timely!) impression with the Burtons : the British royal family.

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Archivist Joe Struble (left) with Sarah and David Burton.

 

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A view of images on the print rail.

 

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Sarah Burton examines the royal family album.

  The following details are from the album Famile Royal D'Angleterre, ca. 1863 (seen above). The images are printed by the van dyke brown process on silk (look closely and you can see the stiching and fabric folds).  

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 Queen Victoria

 

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 Princess Louise

 

Princess Alexandra 

 

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Prince Albert Victor 

 

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 Princess Beatrice

 

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Prince Leopold

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