Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
? CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)
Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1808-81)
1860Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2910746
Photograph of a full length portrait of Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1808-81) standing facing right, her face captured in profile. She rests her hands on top of a balustrade.
Edgcumbe was Lady of the Bedchamber from 1840 to 1854 and 1863 to 1865, and Extra Lady of the Bedchamber in the intervening and subsequent periods.
Edgcumbe was Lady of the Bedchamber from 1840 to 1854 and 1863 to 1865, and Extra Lady of the Bedchamber in the intervening and subsequent periods.
Creator(s)
? Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Caroline Augusta Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1808-81)annotation:
The Countess of Mount Edgcumb. [beneath work]8.5 x 5.5 cm (image)
9.4 x 6.2 cm (mount)
23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
Acquired by Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- visual works
