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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

MOULIN ATELIER PHOTOGRAPHIQUE (ACTIVE C.1851-69)

A Study from Life

1854

Albumen print | 22.5 x 17.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906142

Photograph of a tableaux in which a woman is seated in right side profile with two infants. The woman wears a scarf and holds a naked child on her lap. On the right is a second child seated, looking away from the viewer with her hand on a piece of agricultural apparatus. In the background is a backdrop consisting of a painted street scene.

  • Creator(s)

    Moulin Atelier Photographique (active c.1851-69) (photographer)

  • 22.5 x 17.1 cm (image)

  • Loose within an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Agricultural implements
    • Children
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