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CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)

Clotilde, Archduchess Joseph Karl of Austria (1846-1927), when Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1861

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907948

Photograph of Princess Clotilde, standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head towards the front and gazes to the right, away from the camera. She holds an open book in front of her, resting the book's spine on the back of a chair. She poses in front of a backdrop depicting the interior of a library. 

  • Creator(s)

    Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Clotilde, Archduchess of Austria (1846-1927)

  • annotation: Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg./ Eldest Daughter of Prince-Augustus) 1861. [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Princess Clotilde of Saxe Coburg (eldest daughter of Prince Augustus). 1861. [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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