Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Mary, Viscountess Folkestone and her children
Jul 1859Albumen print | 17.4 x 15.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906810
Photograph of Mary, Viscountess Folkestone (1820-79) seated in the centre of the photograph and holding her youngest child Christopher (1856-92) on her lap. Her children surround her - the Hons. Bertrand (1845-1926), Markham (1851-95), John (1846-1925), Kenelm (1852-1921), Anne (1844-1915), Margaret (d. 1924) and Edith Pleydell-Bouverie (d. 1922).
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Mary Augusta Frederica Pleydell-Bouverie, Countess of Radnor (1820-79)Margaret Makgill-Crichton-Maitland (d. 1924)Edith Cotes (c. 1855-1922)Bertrand Pleydell-Bouverie (1845-1926)Mark Pleydell-Bouverie (1851-95)John Pleydell-Bouverie (1846-1925)Christopher Pleydell-Bouverie (1856-92)Kenelm Pleydell-Bouverie (1852-1921)Anne Speirs (1844-1915)annotation: Honbl Bertrand & Markham Bouverie / Honbl John Bouverie [break] Viscountefs Folkestone/ [indecipherable] Christopher-Kenlew,/ July- 1859. [break] Honbl. Anne & Margaret Bouverie./ & Edit Bouverie. [beneath work]
17.4 x 15.5 cm (image)
28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)
29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)
Mary, Viscountess Folkestone and her children, 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- albums
- photograph albums
- visual works
