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UNKNOWN PERSON

Duke Philipp of Württemberg (1838-1917) when Prince Philipp of Württemberg

1860

Albumen print | 9.6 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2907759

Photograph of Prince Philipp standing, facing towards the camera. He holds a pair of gloves and a hat in his left hand. There is a table on the left and a chair on the right side of the photograph. 

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Philipp, Duke of Württemberg (1838-1917)

  • annotation: Prince Philip of Würtemberg/ (Son of Duke Alexander.) 1860. [beneath work]

  • 9.6 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.4 x 5.9 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.3 x 19.8 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Prince Philip of Würtemberg (son of Duke Alexander), 1860. [Album: Photographs: Royal Portraits, vol.47]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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