Portraiture
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 1858Carbon 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.
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)
Comtesse Fialin de Persigny, 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- visual works
