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DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

Charles Colville, 11th Baron Colville (1818-1903)

Mar 1858

Salted paper print | 12.0 x 9.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906710

Photograph of a full length portrait of Charles Colville, 11th Baron Colville (1818-1903) standing, facing towards the camera. He looks towards the left. He leans against a stone pillar on which stands a statue. He wears a long coat and top hat and has his left hand in his pocket. Photograph taken on a terrace at Osborne.

  • Creator(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Charles Colville, 1st Viscount Colville of Culross (1818-1903)

  • 12.0 x 9.2 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Charles Colville, 11th Baron Colville, Osborne, March 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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