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GUSTAV WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS (1854-1921)

Empress Elizabeth of Austria (1837-98) and three women

1889 copy after an original of c. 1860

Carbon print | 10.7 x 7.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906914

Photograph of a group portrait featuring the Empress Elizabeth and the three other women. Empress Elizabeth, seated at the centre of the group, appears to be playing a ukulele. The woman on the upper right seems to be using a telescope.

  • Creator(s)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-98)

  • 10.7 x 7.9 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Empress Elizabeth of Austria and three ladies, c.1860 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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