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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

SOUTHWELL BROTHERS : 16 & 22 BAKER STREET, LONDON

Lady Victoria Noel, later Buxton (1839-1916)

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2911396

Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Victoria Noel, later Buxton, standing, facing slightly to the right. She turns her head and looks to the left. She poses behind a balustrade and rests her right arm on top of it.
  • Creator(s)

    Southwell Brothers : 16 & 22 Baker Street, London (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Lady Victoria Buxton (1839-1916)
  • annotation: Lady Victoria Noel. [beneath work]

  • 8.8 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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