Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
After André Adolfe Eugène Disdéri (1819-89)
Comtesse Fialin de Persigny (fl. 1858) 1887 copy after an original of 1858
Carbon print | 8.5 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2906752
Photograph of a full length portrait of Comtesse of Persigny seated at a small circular table, facing three-quarters to the right. She looks down at a book she holds open with both hands.
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Creator(s)
After André Adolfe Eugène Disdéri (1819-89) (photographer)
Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Comtesse Fialin de Persigny (active 1858) -
8.5 x 5.4 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
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Comtesse Fialin de Persigny, 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- visual works
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