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UNKNOWN PERSON

Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842-1919)

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907708

Photograph of a full length portrait of Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842-1919), perched on the edge of a table, facing right. He holds a cane aloft in his right hand. A dog sits on a chair in front of him.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Ludwig Victor, Archduke of Austria (1842-1919)

  • annotation: Archduke Ludwig/ [indecipherable] [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.3 x 19.8 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Archduke Louix (youngest brother of the Emperor). [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.47]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Travel Goods
          • Walking sticks
            • Canes
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Dogs
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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