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Photographs 1842-61

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AFTER WILLIAM CORDEN THE YOUNGER (1819-1900)

'Ferdinand, King of Portugal'; Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816-85)

1893 copy after an original of c. 1855

Carbon print | 20.3 x 12.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906015

Photograph of a painting of a full length portrait of Ferdinand II, King Consort of Portugal (1816-85), standing, facing a quarter to the left. He wears a military uniform with epaulettes and holds a bicrone hat in his right hand. His left hand rests on the hilt of his sword.

  • Creator(s)

    After William Corden the Younger (1819-1900) (artist)

    Philip Henry Delamotte (1821-89) (photographer)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Ferdinand II, King of Portugal (1816-85)

  • 20.3 x 12.2 cm (image)

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

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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