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HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

James Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot de Malahide (1805-83)

1888 after an original of c.1861

Carbon print | 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2911413

Photograph of a full length portrait of James Arundell, Baron Talbot de Malahide, Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, standing, facing towards the camera. He turns his head slightly and looks towards the left. He holds a top hat in his right hand and leans his left arm on a plinth beside him.

  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Talbot family [Malahide, Dublin]
    James Talbot, 4th Baron Talbot de Malahide (1805-83)

  • annotation: Lord Talbot de Malahide./ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]

  • 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.1 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert and arranged by Queen Victoria

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