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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

GEBRÜDER HARMSEN : VIENNA

Field Marshal Lieutenant Baron Martini

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2913821

Photograph of a full length portrait of Field Marshal Lieutenant Baron Martini standing, facing towards the camera. He turns his head slightly and looks to the right. He holds a plumed helmet in his left hand and leans his left arm on a plinth beside him.
  • Creator(s)

    Gebrüder Harmsen : Vienna (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Field Marshall Lieutenant Baron Martini
  • annotation: F.M.L. Baron Martini [beneath work]

  • 8.8 x 5.7 cm (image)

    9.7 x 5.9 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 17.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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