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LADY MARY CHARLOTTE FOLEY (1822-69)

Group portrait

1889 copy after an original of 1854

Carbon print | 11.2 x 12.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2906600

Photograph of a full length group portrait of four women comprising from left to right: Lady Emily Suffield (d. 1881), Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge (1797-1889), Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833-97), standing alongside Louise, Duchess of Manchester (1832-1911), later Duchess of Devonshire. The two women on the left are seated. The group are flanked by busts on pedestals.

  • Creator(s)

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

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

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

    Dss Suffield, The Dss of Cambridge, Pss Mary and Dss of Manchester

  • 11.2 x 12.4 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Group Portrait (interior) 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Plastic arts
        • Sculpture
          • Busts (sculpture)
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