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CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)

General Viscount Gough (1779-1869)

c.1860-1

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2911324

Photograph of a full length portrait of General Viscount Hugh Gough, standing, facing the camera. He wears a full military uniform and holds a sabre in his left hand. He places his right hand on a plumed helmet, positioned on a table beside him. A female bust also sits on the table.

  • Creator(s)

    Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779-1869)

  • annotation: GENL VISCOUNT GOUGH, K.P., G.C.B. [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.7 cm (image)

    9.5 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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