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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

ANDRÉ ADOLFE EUGÈNE DISDÉRI (1819-89)

Eugénie Doche (1821-1900)

c.1880 copy of an original of 1860

Carbon print | 23.1 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2913565

Photograph of a full length portrait of actor Eugénie Doche (1821-1900) standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She turns her head towards the camera and looks towards the left. She holds a fan in front of her body with her right hand.

  • Creator(s)

    André Adolfe Eugène Disdéri (1819-89) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Eugénie Doche (1821-1900)
  • annotation: Mme Doche. 1860. / Reproduced [beneath wrok]

  • 23.1 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions)

    9.5 x 6.0 cm (mount)

    8.8 x 5.4 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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