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GUSTAV WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS (1854-1921)

George Stewart-Murray (1814-64), 6th Duke of Athole

1889 copy after an original of 1859

Carbon print | 14.1 x 10.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906836

Photograph of the Duke of Athole seated in a chair, facing a quarter to the left. He turns his head and looks towards the camera. He poses with his right leg crossed over his left. He wears a kilt.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl (1814-64)

  • annotation: 1859. [beneath work]

  • 14.1 x 10.6 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • George Stewart-Murray, 6th Duke of Athole, 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Social sciences
      • Ethnology
        • Costume & National dress
          • Costume-Great Britain
            • Costume-Scotland
              • Scottish Highland Dress
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Kilts
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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