Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, Duchess of Alba (1825-60)
1860Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2914226
Photograph of a full length portrait of María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, Duchess of Alba (1825-60) seated, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She rests her right arm on a table beside her and holds a book on her lap with her left hand, placing her right hand on top of the book.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
La Duchesse d'Albe. [beak] 1860./ Reproduced. 1874.
8.5 x 5.2 cm (image)
- Acquired by Prince Albert
