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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)

General Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis (1814-62)

c. 1860

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2911374

Photograph of a full length portrait of Major General Sir John Inglis, K.C.B., standing, facing the camera front on. He rests his left hand on the back of a chair to his left and places his right hand in his pocket. There is a sculpture of a man on a table beside him.
  • Creator(s)

    Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    General Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis (1814-62)
  • annotation: M. GENL SIR JOHN INGLIS, K.C.B. [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.7 cm (image)

    9.5 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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