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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

Castalia Rosalind Leveson-Gower, Countess of Granville (1847-1938)

1888 after an original of c.1864

Carbon print | 8.6 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2911474

Photograph of a full length portrait of Castalia Rosalind, Countess Granville, standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She gazes ahead, away from the camera. She holds her hands together in front of her body.
  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Castalia Rosalind Leveson-Gower, Countess of Granville (1847-1938)
  • annotation: Castalia, Countess Granville/ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]

  • 8.6 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.8 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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