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WILLIAM SOUTHWELL : 16 BAKER ST, PORTMAN SQUARE, LONDON

Frances Margaret Howard (d.1894)

1861

Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2910784

Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Frances, or Fanny, Margaret Howard (d.1894) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She places both hands on the back of a chair.

Howard was Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent from 1839 to 1861.

  • Creator(s)

    William Southwell : 16 Baker St, Portman Square, London (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Frances Margaret Howard (d.1894)

  • annotation: Lady Fanny Howard./ 1861. [beneath work]

  • 8.8 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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