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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Lady Cecilia Bingham

1888 after an original of c. 1860

Carbon print | 8.2 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2911164

Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Cecilia Bingham, seated facing three-quarters to the right. She turns her head towards the camera and looks to the left. She places her left hand on her chest. She poses in front of a painted backdrop.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Bingham, Lady Cecilia (fl.c.1860)
  • annotation: Lady Cecilia Bingham./ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]

  • 8.2 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.5 x 6.2 cm (image)

    23.0 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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