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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Caroline, Princess Murat (1810-79)

1860

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907871

Photograph of Caroline, Princess Murat, seated at a small table and looking to front. She rests her left arm on the table, on which there are some books. Drapery background left.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Caroline, Princess Murat (1810-79)
  • annotation: Princess Murat. 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.1 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Princess Murat, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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