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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Marie, Princess Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau (1814-1895)

1862

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2908026

Photograph of a full length portrait of Marie, Princess Frederick of Anhalt-Dessau (1814-1895), standing in profile, facing left. She poses with her hands resting on the back of a chair.

Marie Luise Charlotte was the second child and daughter of Prince William of Hesse-Kassel and his wife Princess Louise Charlotte of Denmark. She was an elder sister of Louise of Hesse-Kassel, consort of Christian IX of Denmark.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Marie of Anhalt-Dessau (1814-95)

  • 8.6 x 5.6 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Princess Frederic of Dessau (Princess of Hesse), 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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