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DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

Lady Elizabeth De Ros, Georgiana, Lady De Ros and Honourable Blanche De Ros

1858

Albumen print | 12.9 x 10.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906779

Photograph of a group portrait taken in a garden. The portrait features, from left to right, Lady Elizabeth De Ros, Georgiana, Lady De Ros and the Honourable Blanche De Ros. There is a building in the background.

  • Creator(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Elizabeth Grey, Baroness de Ros (1832-1892)
    Georgiana, Baroness de Ros (1795-1891)
    Blanche Swinton (1832-1910)

  • 12.9 x 10.5 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Lady Elizabeth De Ros; Georgiana, Lady De Ros; and Hon. Blanche De Ros, 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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