Portraits of the Emperor and Princess of Prussia
Title
Portraits of the Emperor and Princess of Prussia
Description
Around the same time as photography’s discovery, George Baxter developed a process of colour printing known as chromolithography, which he patented in 1835. The portraits of the Emperor and Princess of Prussia seen here employ that process in order to create richly-coloured portraits that commemorate the powerful and the wealthy. In comparison to daguerreotypes of middle-class patrons like that of Mrs Morrow, these could be, and were intended to be, circulated widely in order to promote a public identity.
View Baxter's Cabinet of Paintings, another example of the chromolithographic process, as well as the Cameron Collection of George Baxter Prints, housed in Bruce Peel Special Collections.People
George Baxter (creator)
Date
1855
21.0 x 16.5 cm
NE 1860 B2 A7 P75 1858 (Princess Royal, Princess of Prussia)
NE 1860 B2 A7 V58 1855 (Vive L'Empereur!)
21.0 x 16.5 cm
NE 1860 B2 A7 P75 1858 (Princess Royal, Princess of Prussia)
NE 1860 B2 A7 V58 1855 (Vive L'Empereur!)
Files
Citation
George Baxter (creator), “Portraits of the Emperor and Princess of Prussia,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed April 26, 2024, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/3032.