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    W & D DOWNEY (ACTIVE 1855-1941)

    Jane Duncan

    c.1867

    Albumen print | 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2160414

    Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Jane Duncan seated, facing halfway to the right. She gazes down at a letter she holds with both hands in front of her body.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Subject(s)

      Duncan, Jane (servant to QV)

    • 26.3 x 34.4 cm (page dimensions)

      9.0 x 5.4 cm (image)

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