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UNKNOWN PERSON

Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798-1869)

1860

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907821

Photograph of Christian, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, standing, facing halfway to the left. He holds a hat and cane in his left hand. He poses in front of a painted backdrop, and beside a column and drapery, shown on the left of the photograph.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1798-1869)

  • annotation: Duke of Holstein Augustenburg. 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Duke of Holstein Augustenburg, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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