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Photographs 1842-61

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WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE

'Deckel'

1868 after an 1855 original

Carbon print of an original albumen photograph | 9.9 x 6.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2800733

Photograph of a full length portrait of a dachshund seated beside a wire fence. The caption indicates the dog is called Deckel and was Queen Victoria's (1819-1901) favourite dachshund.

  • Creator(s)

    William Bambridge (photographer)

  • 9.9 x 6.8 cm (whole object)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Dogs
            • Hunting & sporting dogs
              • Hounds
                • Dachshunds (dogs)
            • Dackel (dog-dachshund; Queen Victoria)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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