Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII)
Ogden and Co.
Category
Photographs
Date
1900 - 1905
Materials
Photographic card
Measurements
33 x 52 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520684.2
Summary
A gelatine silver print cigarette card, depicting a young Prince Edward (later King Edward VIII) in full-length portrait. The subject is shown in children's naval dress, posing with a miniature rifle 'at attenion', beside a British Union Jack flag. Print is on thin card, without border, mounted into a paper aperture within an album page of 'Ogden's New Century Photo-Album'. The image includes a photographically printed caption, identifying its series number and subject, and the brand banner 'Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes'. The image is also captioned on the album page, with the same details of card number and subject, 'No.5 Prince EDWARD. Our future King. Eldest son of the Duke of Cornwall and York. Born 23 June 1894.'
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986.
Makers and roles
Ogden and Co., cigarette manufacturer