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AFTER UNKNOWN PERSON

Jane, Lady Churchill (1826-1900)

1887 copy after an original of Oct 1857

Carbon print | 14.2 x 9.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906673

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Lady Jane Churchill (1826-1900) standing, facing a quarter to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She holds a cane in her left hand and places her right hand on the back of a chair. She wears a double-breasted jacket, tweed skirt and a hat.

  • Creator(s)

    After Unknown Person (photographer)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900)

  • 14.2 x 9.9 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Jane, Lady Churchill, Balmoral, October 1857 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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