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Countess Olga Friederike Leontine Chotek (1832-1906)

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2913733

Photograph of a full length portrait of Countess Olga Friederike Leontine Chotek (1832-1906) standing, facing slightly towards the right. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She leans her left arm on a plinth located beside her, on the right. She holds her right wrist with her left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Countess Olga Friederike Leontine Chotek (1832-1906)

  • annotation: Gräfin Chotek./ (neé de Moltke.) [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 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
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