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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

AFTER MOULIN ATELIER PHOTOGRAPHIQUE (ACTIVE C.1851-69)

Study of a woman with a spinning wheel and a young girl

1865 copy after an original of 1853

Albumen print | 19.5 x 13.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906030

Photograph of a full length double portrait of a woman and a female child. The woman is seated, facing three-quarters to the left. She wears a light colour cap and apron, dark colour shirt and striped skirt. She is seated behind a spinning wheel. The female child is seated on the ground in the foreground, on the left. She looks towards the viewer and places her left hand on the spinning wheel.
  • Creator(s)

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

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • 19.5 x 13.8 cm (image)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • People
      • Children
      • Girls
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs