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LADY MARY CHARLOTTE FOLEY (1822-69)

George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey (1773-1859)

1889 copy after an original of 1854

Carbon print | 13.7 x 10.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2906602

Photograph of a full length portrait of George Child-Villiers, Earl of Jersey (1773-1859), seated, facing towards the camera. He turns his head to the left and gazes down at an open book positioned on a table beside him.

  • Creator(s)

    Lady Mary Charlotte Foley (1822-69) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by [break] Mullins 1889

    The Earl of Jersey 1854/ Do.

  • 13.7 x 10.4 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • The Earl of Jersey, 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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