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UNKNOWN PERSON

Marie, Empress of Russia (1824-80)

1860

Albumen print | 7.9 x 4.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2907917

Photograph of Marie, Empress of Russia standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She gazes ahead, away from the camera. She rests her hands on the back of a chair. She wears a tartan shawl and a bonnet tied under her chin with a wide ribbon.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (1824-80)

  • annotation: The Empress of Russia. [beneath work]

  • 7.9 x 4.5 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • The Empress of Russia, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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