19th Century Albumen Portrait Photography
May 2026
Collection of portrait photographs of European royalty and nobility from the mid-19th century, predominantly created using albumen print technique and associated with French photographic culture.
33 objects · 4 institutions
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Empress Eugénia
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Empress of Russia
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Eugenie Marie de Montijo de Guzman and Napoleon III
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Ex-Queen of Naples
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Grand Duchess Constantine
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Grand Duchess Michael
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Grand Duke Constantine and Son
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Grand Duke Michael
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Her Majesty, Queen Victoria
Art Institute of Chicago
December 1866
His Majesty Prabat Somdet Pra parameñdr Mahá Mongkut, First King of Siam, in State Costume
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1865
King of Sweden
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
La casagne de velours
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1860s
Le montagnard
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1860s
Les Jambes de l'opera
GETTY
about 1862
Madame Carrelle
Art Institute of Chicago
1856/57
Marshal Caurohert
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Mosaique: The Imperial Court of Napoleon III
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1866
Napoleon III
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Palais de Versailles. Vues d'interieur prises a l'occasion de La Visite de sa Majeste la Reine Victoria
GETTY
1857
Paris
GETTY
negative 1932–1942; print 1976
Prince "Soudetah Chou-fa Chulaloukrou", Heir to the Crown
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1865
Prince Gortschakoff
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Prince Imperial
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1860
Prince Jérôme
Art Institute of Chicago
1860–69
Prince Moskova at Chalons
Art Institute of Chicago
1857
The Imperial Palace on the Palatine, Rome
Art Institute of Chicago
1834
The Pope's Palace, Avignon
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1851, printed 1970
The Pope's Palace, Avignon
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1851, printed 1970
Throne
Art Institute of Chicago
1875/99
![[Countess de Castiglione]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP158957.jpg)
[Countess de Castiglione]
Metropolitan Museum of Art
August 31, 1895
![[Countess de Castiglione]](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ph/original/DP205254.jpg)
[Countess de Castiglione]
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1895
![[Princesse Clotilde and Prince Napoleon]](https://media.getty.edu/iiif/image/99a9c94a-21e9-4593-b9db-cc99b526db7b/full/808,/0/default.jpg)
[Princesse Clotilde and Prince Napoleon]
GETTY
about 1869