Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)
John Bird Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury (1780-1862)
1888 after an original of c.1860Carbon print | 8.4 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2911197
Photograph of a full length portrait of John Bird-Sumner, Archbishop of Canterbury, standing, facing three-quarters to the left. He turns his head and looks towards the camera. He places his right hand on the back of a chair and holds a glove in his left hand.
Creator(s)
Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)
Subject(s)
John Bird Sumner (1780-1862)8.4 x 5.2 cm (image)
9.4 x 6.1 cm (image)
23.0 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- visual works
