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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Feodora, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1839-72), when Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen

1862

Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2908080

Photograph of Feodora, second wife to Georg, who later became Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. She stands, profile right, looking down at a book open on a desk in front of her.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Feodora of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1839-72)

  • 8.8 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Feodore, Hereditary Princess of Saxe-Meiningen, 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Physical and Mental Activities
      • Reading (activity)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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