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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

Lady Adelaide Talbot (1844-1917)

1888 after an original of c.1860

Carbon print | 8.5 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2911335

Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Adelaide Talbot standing facing three-quarters to the left. She holds a book in her right hand, placing it on a plinth beside her. She holds a glove in her left hand, resting her left hand on top of the book. She poses in front of a painted backdrop.

Lady Adelaide Talbot would later pose for the photographer Julia Margaret Cameron.

  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Lady Adelaide Talbot (1844-1917)
  • annotation: Lady A. Talbot./ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon. [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.5 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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