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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA (1844-1900)

Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen (1818-91)

Mar 1862

Albumen print | 7.8 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2906927

Photograph of Frederick Methuen, seated, facing a quarter to the left. He turns his head and looks towards the camera. He holds a hat in his right hand and an umbrella in his left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Frederick Henry Paul Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen (1818-91)

  • 7.8 x 5.4 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen, March 1862 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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