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UNKNOWN PERSON

Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (1847-1928), when Princess Dagmar of Denmark

1862

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2908100

Photograph of Princess Dagmar of Denmark standing three-quarters right, holding the back of an upholstered chair. Drapery background right.

Princess Dagmar married the Tsarevich Alexander (later Alexander III, Emperor of Russia) at St Petersburg on 9 November 1866. She took the name of Maria Feodorovna on Orthodox baptism.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (1847-1928)

  • 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Princess Dagmar of Denmark, 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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