Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
HUGHES & MULLINS : RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT
Leonora Caroline, 4th Baroness Ashburton (1844-1930)
1888 after an original of c.1863Carbon print | 8.4 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2911486
Photograph of a full length portrait of Leonora Caroline, the Honourable Mrs Baring, later Baroness Ashburton, standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She rests her left elbow on a plinth beside her and places her left hand to her cheek. She places her right arm across her waist.
Creator(s)
Hughes & Mullins : Ryde, Isle of Wight (photographer)
The Honble. Mrs Baring/ (2nd Daughter of Lord Digby.)/ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon in 1888.
8.4 x 5.5 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.4 cm (mount)
22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)Acquired by Queen Victoria