Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
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Albumen print | 8.9 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2907782
Photograph of Antoine, Duke of Montpensier standing arm in arm with his wife Infanta Luisa Fernanda. The couple face towaards the camera. The Duke wears a hat and holds a cane in his left hand. Luisa also wears a hat.
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Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Prince Antoine d'Orleans, Duke of Montpensier (1824-90)María Luisa Fernanda de Borbón (1832-97) -
annotation: The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier. 1860. [beneath work]
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8.9 x 5.5 cm (image)
9.7 x 6.2 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
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The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
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Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- visual works
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