Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94)
Young Inuit girls Jun 1854Jul 1854
Albumen print | 16.0 x 20.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2510470
![Esquimaux girls, Greenland [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search of Sir John Franklin 1854]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/2/643528-1479296265.jpg?itok=sq8MIOwH "Esquimaux girls, Greenland [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search of Sir John Franklin 1854]")
Photograph of a group portrait in three-quarters length consisting of seven Inuit girls, who are standing and facing the viewer. The majority wear their hair up in a tightly wound bun on top of their heads.
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Creator(s)
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Inuit -
16.0 x 20.2 cm (image)
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[Historic Title] Esquimaux girls, Greenland [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
- People
- Girls
- visual works
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