Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Lady Mary Anne Cust (c.1863)
c.1861Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2910800
Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Mary Anne Cust (c.1863) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She gazes ahead, away from the camera. She holds a stuffed bird in her left hand and places her right hand on a plinth.
Cust was Woman of the Bedchamber to Prince Victoria, Duchess of Kent.
Cust was Woman of the Bedchamber to Prince Victoria, Duchess of Kent.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Mary Anne Cust (c.1863)annotation: Lady Cust. [beneath work]
8.6 x 5.7 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.1 cm (mount)
23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- visual works
