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Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting to Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia 1859

Salted paper print | 18.3 x 24.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906772

Photograph of a group portrait taken in Berlin. The portrait features, from left to right, Captain von Schweinitz, Captain Van Loos, Count Perponcher, Countess Walburga (Wally) of Hohenthal, Major von Obernitz, Baron Ernst Stockmar, Countess Perponcher and Countess Marie Lynar.

  • People involved

    Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)
    Countess Perponcher-Sedlintsky
    Walburga Ehrengarde Helena Paget (1839-1929)
    Baron Ernest Stockmar (1823-86)
    Countess Marie zu Lynar
    General Hans Lothar von Schweinitz
    Captain Van Loos
    Major von Obernitz (active 1859)
    Count Perponcher-Sedlintsky

  • Markings

    annotation: [identification of sitters]/ Berlin. 1859- Ladies & Gentleman in waiting of Pce & Pcf F. W. of Prussia [beneath work]

  • Measurements

    18.3 x 24.2 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Other titles

    Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting to Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia, Berlin, 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Provenance

    Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subjects

    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
    Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Berlin [Germany]
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