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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

LUDWIG ANGERER (1827-79)

Countess Lützow

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2913840

Photograph of a full length portrait of Countess Lützow standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She rests her left arm on the back of a chair and holds an objects, possibly a handkerchief, in her left hand. She wears a bonnet, long coat and dark coloured dress.
  • Creator(s)

    Ludwig Angerer (1827-79) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Lützow, Countess (fl.c.1850s)
  • annotation: Cntss Lützow [beneath work]

  • 8.6 x 5.2 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.0 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 17.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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