Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94)
Portrait of an Inuit Woman 1854
Albumen print | 16.1 x 13.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2510475
Photograph of a three-quarters length portrait of an elderly Inuit woman, seated on a chair and facing the viewer. Her hands rest on her lap and she wears a fur lined, padded jacket. Her hair is wound in a bun above her head.
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Creator(s)
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Inuit -
16.1 x 13.5 cm (image)
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[Historic Title] An Esquimaux Woman [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search of Sir John Franklin 1854].
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Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield in 1854
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Polar regions
- Arctic territories
- Arctic regions
- Greenland [Denmark]
- Arctic territories
- Polar regions
- visual works
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