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UNKNOWN PERSON

Duc d'Orléans

dated 1838

Etching with engraving | 25.4 x 18.4 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506469

An etching from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: a portrait of Prince Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Nemours, full length, standing in profile to the left by an ornate table; wearing a military uniform; inscribed and dated below.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (artist)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Nemours (1814-96)

  • 25.4 x 18.4 cm (sheet of paper)

  • Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours

  • From an album acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • etchings
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