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WALTER EDIS : 91 SLOANE STREET

Maria Anne, Baroness Macdonald (1819-92)

1860

Albumen print | 7.3 x 5.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906854

Photograph of a half length portrait of Baroness Maria Macdonald, seated at a table, facing three-quarters to the left. She supports her head on her right hand. There is a piece of paper on the table. 

  • Creator(s)

    Walter Edis : 91 Sloane Street (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Maria Anne Baroness Macdonald (1819-92)

  • 7.3 x 5.9 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Maria Anne, Baroness Macdonald, 1860 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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