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GUSTAV WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS (1854-1921)

Daughters of the Duc de Montpensier

1889 copy after an original of c. 1860

Carbon print | 6.2 x 8.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906859

Photograph of a group portrait of the daughters of Antoine, Duc de Montpensier. The portrait features, from left to right, Maria Amelia, Maria Isabel, Maria de la Regla and Maria Cristina.

  • Creator(s)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Comtesse de Paris (1848-1919)
    Maria Amelia, Infanta of Spain (1851-70)
    Maria Cristina, Infanta of Spain (1852-79)
    Maria de la Regla, Infanta of Spain (1856-61)

  • 6.2 x 8.1 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Daughters of the Duc de Montpensier [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • People
      • Children
      • Girls
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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