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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

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María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, Duchess of Alba (1825-60) 1860

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2914226

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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)

    Subject(s)
    María Francisca de Sales Portocarrero y Kirkpatrick, Duchess of Alba (1825-60)
  • annotation: La Duchesse d'Albe. [beak] 1860./ Reproduced. 1874. [beneath work]
  • 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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