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AFTER MISS PENNANT (ACTIVE 1850S)

Lady Louisa Douglas-Pennant

1887 copy after an original of 1859

Carbon print | 9.0 x 6.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906789

Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Louisa Douglas-Pennant standing, facing left. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She poses beside an ornate chair, placing her hands on the chair's back.

  • Creator(s)

    After Miss Pennant (active 1850s) (photographer)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Douglas-Pennant, Lady Louisa (fl.1859)

  • 9.0 x 6.8 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Lady Louisa Douglas-Pennant, 1859 [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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