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DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

Elizabeth, Countess of Desart (1822-98)

Jul 1858

Salted paper print | 15.5 x 12.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2906714

Photograph of a full length portrait of Elizabeth, Countess of Desart (1822-98), standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She holds a flower in her right hand and what appears to be a letter in her left. Photograph taken on the terrace at Osborne.

  • Creator(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Elizabeth Lucy Desart (1822-98)

  • 15.5 x 12.7 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Elizabeth, Countess of Desart, Osborne, July 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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