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UNKNOWN PERSON

Mary Catherine Constance Hope (née Primrose) (c.1845-1935)

c.1866

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2911483

Photograph of a full length of the Honourable Mary Primrose, later Hope, standing, facing away from the camera. She stands before a mirror, her reflection captured by the camera. In her reflection, Primrose looks down.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Mary Catherine Constance Hope (c. 1845-1935)

  • annotation: The Hon. Mary Primrose. [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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