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UNKNOWN PERSON

Maria Anne Baroness Macdonald (1819-92)

1859

Albumen print | 8.1 x 6.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2910698

Photograph of a full length portrait of Maria Anne Baroness Macdonald (1819-92) seated at a table, facing left, her face captured in profile. She gazes down at a book she holds open on the table.

Macdonald was Lady of the Bedchamber from 1855 to 1863.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Maria Anne Baroness Macdonald (1819-92)

  • annotation: Lady Macdonald./ 1859. [beneath work]

  • 8.1 x 6.2 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.5 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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