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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)

'Colonel Biddulph'; Colonel Thomas Myddelton Biddulph (1809-78) 

1870 after an 1854 original

Carbon print of an original albumen print | 12.4 x 9.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2800689

Photograph of a full length portrait of Colonel Thomas Myddelton Biddulph (1809-78) seated on a bench. He gazes down at the newspaper he holds in his lap. He wears a dark colour jacket, light colour trousers and dark colour shoes. Photograph taken at Osborne on 22 July 1854.
  • Creator(s)

    Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    General Sir Thomas Myddelton Biddulph (1809-78)
  • 12.4 x 9.1 cm (image)

  • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                • Osborne House
    • Organisation
      • Newspapers
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs