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EUGEN LULVES (1832-91)

Agnes, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1824-97)

1861

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2907903

Photograph of Agnes, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She wears a shawl over a dark coloured dress and rests her right hand on the back of a chair.

  • Creator(s)

    Eugen Lulves (1832-91) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Agnes of Anhalt, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1824-97)

  • annotation: The Duchess of Saxe Attenburg. 1861. [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.1 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • The Duchess of Saxe Altenburg, 1861. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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