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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN

Henriette Jacobi

1860

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2913992

Photograph of a full length portrait of a woman identified as Henriette Jacobi. She stands, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She holds a flower in her left hand and places her right hand on a table or balustrade beside her.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown (photographer)

  • 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Flowering plants