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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Infante Fernando of Portugal (1846-61)

1861

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2907955

Photograph of Dom Fernando standing, facing towards the camera. He holds a cap in his left hand and rests his left arm on the back of an armchair.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Fernando (1846-61)

  • annotation: Dom Ferdinand./ 4th Son of King Ferdinand. (1861) [beneath work]

  • 8.6 x 5.7 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.0 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Dom Ferdinand, 4th son of King Ferdiand. 1861. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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