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HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-73)

1888 after an original of c.1863

Carbon 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 (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-73)

  • annotation: Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. Bar. [?]/ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]

  • 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

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs
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