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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Alicia, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1849-1935), when Princess Alicia of Bourbon-Parma

1860

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907837

Photograph of Alicia, Princess of Parma, standing and facing towards the camera. She turns her head slightly to the right and gazes ahead, away from the camera. She rests her right hand on the back of an armchair.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Alicia, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1849-1935)

  • annotation: Princess Alice of Parma. 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Princess Alice of Parma, 1860. [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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