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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846-1911), when Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe

1862

Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2908039

Photograph of a full length portrait of George, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, later Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846-1911), standing and facing three-quarters to the left. He wears civilian clothes and rests his right hand on a side table.

He succeeded as Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe on the death of his father in May 1893.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Georg II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846-1911)

  • 8.8 x 5.6 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Georg, Hereditary Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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