Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)
Mary, Countess of Wilton (1801-58)
c.1858Albumen print | 16.1 x 12.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2906782
Photograph of a full length portrait of Mary, Countess of Wilton (1801-58) seated, facing three-quarters to the right. She looks ahead, away from the camera. She holds her sewing in her lap. On her left stands a small side table on top of which is a small workbox, knitting needles, wool, and thread.
Creator(s)
Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)
(photographer)
16.1 x 12.7 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
Mary, Countess of Wilton [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Mending of Clothes at home
- Sewing (activity)
- Mending of Clothes at home
- Home economics
- Science, Medicine and Technology
