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Dowager Grand Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1796-1880)

1860

Albumen print | 8.4 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2907814

Photograph of Marie, Dowager Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She rests her left hand on a small side table beside her.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Marie, Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1796-1880)

  • annotation: Dowager Grand duchess of Mecklenberg Strelitz. 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.4 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Grand Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1860 [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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