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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Augustus Liddell (1812-88)

1860

Albumen print | 5.3 x 4.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906839

Photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Augustus Liddell, Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park. He faces three-quarters to the left and gazes ahead, away from the camera.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Colonel George Augustus Frederick Liddell (1812-88)
  • annotation: 1860. [beneath work]

  • 5.3 x 4.2 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Augustus Liddell, 1860 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums