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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Jean Geefs (1825-60)

1860

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2913515

Photograph of a full length portrait of Jean Geefs standing, facing slightly to the left. He holds a hat in his right hand and rests his left hand on the back of a chair. A coat is placed on the chair.

Geefs was one of six brothers in a family of Belgian sculptors, two of which were his brothers Joseph  and Guillaume. There are a number of sculptures by Jean and Guillaume Geefs in the Royal Collection. Guillaume Geefs was Court Sculptor to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's uncle, King Leopold I of the Belgians.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • Jean Geefs. 1860.

  • 8.5 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    22.8 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions)

  • Jean Geefs, 1860 [in Photographs. Artists' Portraits. Volume 79]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Artists