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Richard Beard 
Tyrolese singers 
1851-1852 
  
Daguerreotype, hand-coloured, enamelled 
14 x 10.2 cm 
  
Royal Photograph Collection 
The Royal Collection ® 2010, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, RCIN 2932501 
  
 
LL/38855 
  
This photograph was included in the exhibition Victoria & Albert: Art & Love at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, until 31 October 2010.
 
Acquired by Queen Victoria.
 
In 2010 this photograph was uploaded to flickr by The British Monarchy.
 
The text on the Royal Collection website (www.royalcollection.org.uk) describes this Daguerreotype (Accesssed: 6 Aug 2010):
 
Queen Victoria had first seen this troupe of Tyrolean singers as a girl at Kensington Palace. For the Queen's birthday at Osborne in 1852, her mother, the Duchess of Kent, arranged for the singers to serenade her at breakfast. 'Victoria appeared very much pleased with the surprise,' the Duchess wrote. This hand-coloured enamelled daguerreotype was purchased by the Queen in the same year.
 
Signed on the plate: R. Beard 
 

 
  
 
  
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