Title & Author:

A royal passion : Queen Victoria and photography / Anne M. Lyden ; with contributions by Sophie Gordon and Jennifer Green-Lewis.

Publication:

Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2014]
©2014

Description:

xi, 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Invention of photography in the Victorian world / Jennifer Green-Lewis -- A young monarch, a new art, and the introduction of the photographic exhibition / Anne M. Lyden -- Queen Victoria's private photographs / Sophie Gordon -- "As we are" : exploring the royal we in photographs of Queen Victoria / Anne M. Lyden.

Summary:

"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. These two events, while seemingly unrelated, marked the beginnings of a relationship that continued throughout the nineteenth century and helped construct the image of an entire age. A Royal Passion explores the connections between photography and the monarchy through Victoria's embrace of the new medium and her portrayal through the lens. Together with Prince Albert, her beloved husband, the Queen amassed one of the earliest collections of photographs, including works by renowned photographers such as Roger Fenton, Gustave Le Gray, and Julia Margaret Cameron. Victoria was also the first British monarch to have her life recorded by the camera: images of her as wife, mother, widow, and empress proliferated around the world at a time when the British Empire spanned the globe."--Jacket.

ISBN:

9781606061558 (hardcover)
1606061550 (hardcover)

Subject:

Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 Photograph collections.
Victoria, Queen of the United KingdomkoninginEmpress of India, 1819-1901.
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Viktoria Großbritannien, Königin 1819-1901
Photography Great Britain 19th century History.
Photographie Grande-Bretagne 19e siècle Histoire.
Kings and rulers
Photograph collections
Photography
Fotografie
Porträtfotografie
Drottningar Storbritannien 1800-talet.
Fotografi.
Queens Great Britain 19th century.
Photography Great Britain History 19th century.
Fotografi historia.
Great Britain History Victoria, 1837-1901.
Great Britain Kings and rulers Portraits.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire 1837-1901 (Victoria)
Great Britain
Großbritannien
1835-1901

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition publications.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs
History
Portraits
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Lyden, Anne M., 1972- editor.
Gordon, Sophie, writer of added commentary.
Green-Lewis, Jennifer, writer of added commentary.
Green-Lewis, Jennifer, author. Invention of photography in the Victorian world.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285945
Call No.: BIB 225959
Status: Available