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John Jabez Edwin Mayall — H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

H.R.H. The Prince of Wales

1860

Captured during the early years of royal photography, Mayall's formal portrait of the future Edward VII demonstrates the Victorian era's embrace of photography as a means of documenting and distributing royal imagery.

Medium
Albumen print

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