TY - BOOK ID - 134725897 TI - A royal passion : Queen Victoria and photography AU - Lyden, Anne M. AU - Gordon, Sophie AU - Green-Lewis, Jennifer PY - 2014 SN - 9781606061558 1606061550 PB - Los Angeles The J. Paul Getty Museum DB - UniCat KW - Photography KW - History KW - Victoria, KW - Photograph collections. KW - Great Britain KW - Kings and rulers UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:134725897 AB - "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. ER -