A Woodburytype portrait of Queen Victoria's eldest son, Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII.
Photographed by William and Daniel Downey of London and Newcastle.
Published as a Woodburytype in 1890 as part of the first series of The Cabinet Portrait Gallery.
Condition: please see scans. The Woodburytype is in excellent condition, with rich and satisfying tones. The page on which it's mounted presents some faint foxing in the margins but is otherwise also in excellent condition. A printed caption in the lower margin identifies the sitter and gives the photographers’ details.
Dimensions: the print measures 5.5” by 3.7” (14 cm by 9.3 cm) and is mounted with a buff-coloured border on an off-white page measuring 8.1” by 5.9” (20.6 cm by 15 cm).