2-982-529 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1858. Portrait of the future King Edward VII. 'The very natural desire to know something of the personal appearance of a Prince to whom such interest attaches has been gratified by the portrait which (by the permission of Mr. [John] Mitchell, the publisher) we have engraved. It is taken from a photograph from the life, by Mr. Lake Price last year, and lithographed by Mr. R. J. Lane, A.E.R.A., and Mr. J. H. Lynch. There may be easily traced in the portrait a mixed likeness to his Royal parents; and the countenance, open but thoughtful - the figure, lithe and graceful - make up as well-looking a specimen of an English youth as can well be seen. The Highland costume is well known to be a favourite dress of the youthful part of the Royal family, and assorts well with the accessories of the picture. A little stiffness in the pose, and a gravity of expression not quite in keeping with the time of life of the original, but which are perhaps inseparable from photography, are the only drawbacks in a very admirable picture of a very interesting subject...The Prince...has just been gazetted to a colonelcy in the army'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.