Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Unknown Person
General Alfonso Ferrero della Marmora (1804-78) Mar 1857
Salted paper print | 13.4 x 9.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906652
Photograph of a near full length portrait of General Alfonso Ferrero della Marmora (1804-78), seated, facing three-quarters to the left. He turns his head towards the camera and looks to the left. He wears an Italian military uniform, with his bicorn hat on the table beside him.
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Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-SardiniaAlfonso Ferrero della Marmora (1804-78) -
13.4 x 9.9 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
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General Alphonso Ferrero della Marmora, 1857 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Wars
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Wars of the nineteenth century
- Wars
- Wars, Campaigns & Battles
- Military affairs
- visual works
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