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    'Colonel Ponsonby'

    c. 1858

    Salted paper print | 10.4 x 8.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2917864

    Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Colonel Ponsonby (1825-95) seated on a chair. He holds a cane in his right hand and a book open on his lap with his left. Photograph taken outside.

    Ponsonby was equerry to Prince Albert.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Sir Henry Ponsonby (1825-95)

    • 10.4 x 8.1 cm (image)

    • From an album compiled by Princess Helena

    • Subject(s)
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Industries, Crafts and Trades
          • Travel Goods
            • Walking sticks
              • Canes
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
            • cartes-de-visite
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