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    FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

    The Honourable Emily Sarah Cathcart (1834-1917)

    c. 1859

    Albumen print | 8.5 x 6.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2906434

    Photograph of a full length portrait of the Honourable Emily Sarah Cathcart (1834-1917) facing left. She turns her head towards the camera and gazes down. Photograph taken indoors.

    Cathcart was a member of the Royal Household and Woman of the Bedchamber from 1891.

    • Creator(s)

      Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Emily Sarah Cathcart (1834-1917)

    • annotation: Honble Emily Cathcart./ Mifs Day [beneath work]

    • 8.5 x 6.3 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Princess Helena

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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