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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Lady Cremorne, later Countess Augusta Dartrey (1823-87)

1859

Albumen print | 8.0 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2910704

Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Cremorne, later Countess Augusta Dartrey (1823-87), seated on a chair at a table, facing three-quarters to the left. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She leans her right arm on a table and places her left hand in her lap. She appears to hold a rosary in her left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Countess Augusta Dartrey (1823-87)
  • annotation: ditto. [beneath work]

  • 8.0 x 5.8 cm (image)

    9.2 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