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    W & D DOWNEY (ACTIVE 1855-1941)

    Household servants

    c.1866

    Albumen print | 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2160396

    Photograph of a full length group portrait of household servants dressed in livery attire. The photograph was taken in the castle gardens at Balmoral.

    Their dress is worn when attending to the Queen.

    • Creator(s)

      W & D Downey (active 1855-1941) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Charles Thomson
      William Black (1841-98)

    • 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

      5.5 x 9.1 cm (image)

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • albums
            • photograph albums
          • photographs
        • printed & manuscript material
          • books
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