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Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria (1845-1927)

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907717

Photograph of a full length portrait of Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austraia (1845-1927)  standing, facing slightly to the right. She turns her head to look towards the camera. She rests her right hand on a table beside her and holds a small book open in her left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Maria Theresia, Duchess of Württemberg (1845-1927)

  • annotation: The Archudss Maria Theresia/ (daughter of the Archduke Albert.) [beneath work]

  • 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.3 x 19.8 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • The Archduchess Marie Thérése (daughter of the Archduke Albert). [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.47]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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