Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Lady Augusta Bruce, later Stanley (1822-76)
1860Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2910658
Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Augusta Bruce, later Lady Augusta Stanley (1822-76), seated at a table, facing three-quarters to the right, her face captured in profile. She rests her left hand on the table and rests her head on her left hand. She looks down at a book laid open on the table She poses in front of a painted backdrop.
Bruce was Resident Woman of the Bedchamber from 1861, Extra Woman of the Bedchamber from 1863 to 1876 and had previously been Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent.
Bruce was Resident Woman of the Bedchamber from 1861, Extra Woman of the Bedchamber from 1863 to 1876 and had previously been Lady-in-Waiting to the Duchess of Kent.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Lady Augusta Stanley (1822-76)annotation: Lady Augusta Bruce./ 1860. [beneath work]
8.5 x 5.5 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)
23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- albums
- visual works
