Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Lady Augusta Bruce, later Lady Augusta Stanley (1822-76)
1859Albumen print | 8.1 x 5.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2910644
Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Augusta Frederica Elizabeth Bruce, later Stanley (1822-76), standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera, and poses with her hands held together in front of her waist. Photograph likely to have been taken at Osborne.
Bruce was Resident Woman of the Bedchamber from 1861, Extra Woman of the Bedchamber between 1863 and 1876, and previously Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent.
Creator(s)
Attributed to? Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Lady Augusta Stanley (1822-76)annotation: ditto. [beneath work]
8.1 x 5.9 cm (image)
9.8 x 6.5 cm (mount)
23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
Lady Augusta Bruce, 1859. [Royal Household Portraits. Volume 57.]
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- visual works