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John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney (1805-90) and Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900)   Feb 1858

Salted paper print | 6.7 x 6.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906690

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Photograph of a full length double portrait of John Robert Townshend, 1st Earl Sydney (1805-90) and Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900). The two sitters stand, facing slightly towards each other and looking away from the camera. Townshend wears a great coat and cap and poses with his hands in his pockets. Baroness Churchill wears a bonnet, velvet cloak and full skirt, and holds a muff in front of her.

Photograph taken in Berlin.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)
    John Robert Townshend, Viscount Sydney (1805-90)
    Lady Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill (1826-1900)
  • 6.7 x 6.0 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Viscount Sydney and Lady Churchill, Berlin 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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