Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
HUGHES & MULLINS : RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-73)
1888 after an original of c.1863Carbon print | 8.4 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2911462
Photograph of a full length portrait of Sir Edward George Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton seated, facing towards the camera. He turns his head three-quarters to the left and looks ahead, away from the camera. He poses with his legs crossed and his hands in his lap.
Creator(s)
Hughes & Mullins : Ryde, Isle of Wight (photographer)
Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. Bar. [?]/ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888.
8.4 x 5.5 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)
22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
Acquired by Queen Victoria
