A Royal Passion - Queen Victoria and Photography

Informationen zum Autor Anne M. Lyden is associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Sophie Gordon is senior curator of photographs at the Royal Collection, Windsor. Jennifer Green-Lewis is associate professor of English literature at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. Klappentext "This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from February 4 to June 8, 2014."--Title page verso. Zusammenfassung In January 1839! photography was announced to the world. Two years prior! a young Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland. This book explores the connections between photography and the monarchy through Victoria's embrace of the new medium and her portrayal through the lens.

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"This publication is issued on the occasion of the exhibition A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from February 4 to June 8, 2014."--Title page verso.

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In January 1839, photography was announced to the world. Two years prior, a young Queen Victoria ascended to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland. This book explores the connections between photography and the monarchy through Victoria's embrace of the new medium and her portrayal through the lens.