Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
AFTER FRANCES SALLY DAY (C. 1816-92)
Mary, Viscountess Folkestone (1820-79)
1887 copy after an original of 1858Carbon print | 17.4 x 13.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906711
Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Mary, Viscountess Folkestone (1820-79), seated facing right, her face captured in profile. She wears a dark coloured shawl around her arms and a lace cap.
Creator(s)
After Frances Sally Day (c. 1816-92) (photographer)
Hughes & Mullins : Ryde, Isle of Wight (photographer)
17.4 x 13.1 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)
Mary, Viscountess Folkestone, 1858 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert