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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Hon. T. Bruce

1875 after an original of 1868

Carbon print | 9.5 x 6.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2911457

Photograph of the Honourable T. Bruce, seated, facing three-quarters to the right. He poses with his legs crossed and places his left hand on a document positioned on a table beside him.
  • Creator(s)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Bruce, Hon. T. (fl.1868)
  • annotation: Hon. T. Bruce. 1868 [? or 0?]/ Reproduced. 1875. [beneath work]

  • 9.5 x 6.3 cm (image)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoriaw

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs