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HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

Countess Gleichen and her children

1888 after an original of c.1865

Carbon print | 8.8 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2911473

Photograph of a full length group portrait of Countess Gleichen and her two children, Feodora and Albert Edward. The Countess is seated, holding Albert Edward on her lap. She looks down at Feodora who stands beside her.

  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1832-1912)
    Lord Albert Edward Wilfred Gleichen (1863-1937)
    Lady Feodora Gleichen (1861-1922)

  • annotation: Countess Gleichen and her Children./ Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]

  • 8.8 x 5.7 cm (image)

    9.9 x 6.1 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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