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HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

Leopold, Duke of Brabant, and his wife, Marie Henriette, Duchess of Brabant

1887 copy after an original of 1857

Carbon print | 23.3 x 18.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906678

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Marie, Duchess of Brabant, later Queen of the Belgians (1836-1902), and Leopold, Duke of Brabant, later Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1835-1909). They stand arm in arm, facing towards the camera. Photograph is a vignette.

  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Léopold II, King of the Belgians (1835-1909)
    Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians (1836-1902)

  • 23.3 x 18.6 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Leopold, Duke of Brabant, and his wife, Marie Henriette, Duchess of Brabant, c.1857 [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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