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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

Group portrait at Balmoral

Aug 1860

Albumen print | 10.8 x 14.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906849

Photograph of a group portrait taken beside a building with an open window. The portrait features, from left to right, the Honourable Beatrice Byng with a dog lying by her feet, General Charles Grey holding the dog's paw, Maria Anne,  Baroness Macdonald (at the window) and Colonel the Hon. Dudley de Ros. Photograph taken at Balmoral.
  • Creator(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Beatrice Eliza Christiana Catherine Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell (1825-84)
    General Sir Charles Grey (1804-70)
    Maria Anne Baroness Macdonald (1819-92)
    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)
  • annotation: Hon: Byng. Genl Grey- L McDonald & Col: De Ros- [beneath work]

  • 10.8 x 14.1 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Group at Balmoral, 1860 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Dogs
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums