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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Duchess Sophia in Bavaria (1845-67), when Princess Sophia of Saxony

1862

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2908034

Photograph of a full length portrait of Duchess Sophia in Bavaria (1845-67), when Princess Sophia of Saxony standing, her body almost profile facing right. She turns her head to look to font. She holds a book in her right hand and rests her left hand on the back of a chair. There is a mantelpiece and a clock in the background, on the right.

Princess Sophia was the sixth daughter of Johann I of Saxony. She married Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria in 1865; they had one child.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Sophia, Duchess in Bavaria (1845-67)
  • 8.6 x 5.1 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Princess Sophia of Saxony, daughter of King John. 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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