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    THOMAS PEARCE (ACTIVE C. 1850S)

    Household Staff Group

    c. 1857

    Albumen print | 7.31 x 9.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2160336

    Photograph of (from left to right): Mr Ernst Becker (1826-88); Colonel Charles Phipps (1801-66); Miss MacDonald; Lady Churchill; George Leveson Gower (1815-91), the 2nd Earl of Granville and George Hamilton Gordon (1784-1860), the Earl of Aberdeen. The group are posed on open ground with trees in the background.

    • Creator(s)

      Thomas Pearce (active c. 1850s) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88)
      Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)
      Miss Macdonald
      Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815-91)
      George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784-1860)

    • 7.31 x 9.7 cm (image)

      26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

    • Pss Helena's Album 1852-1856

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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