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CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)

Louis, Duke of Nemours (1814-96)

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2907877

Photograph of Louis, Duke of Nemours, standing, facing left. He poses with his right hand resting on the back of a chair. He holds a pair of gloves in his left hand. There is a window on the far left side of the photograph.

  • Creator(s)

    Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Nemours (1814-96)

  • annotation: H.R.H. the Duc de Nimours [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • H.R.H. The Duc de Nemours. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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