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Infanta Antónia of Portugal (1845-1913)

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2907765

Photograph of Antónia, Infanta of Portugal, standing and facing towards the camera. She rests her right hand on the back of a chair and holds a parasol in her left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Antonia of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845-1913)

  • annotation: The Infanta  Doña Antónia/ (2nd dghter of the [indecipherable] .) [beneath work]

  • 8.6 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.3 x 19.8 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • The Infanta Dona Antonia, (2nd sister of the King). [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.47]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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