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DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)

'Miss Helen & Miss Graham'

Aug 1854

Albumen print | 11.7 x 13.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906547

Photograph of a full length double portrait of Miss Helen Graham and Miss Constance Graham. Helen Graham stands on the left side of the photograph. Constance Graham is seated on a stone bench on the right side of the photograph. Photograph taken at Osborne House.

  • Creator(s)

    Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Constance Graham
    Helen Graham

  • annotation: Miss Helen- &  Miss Graham/ (daughters of Sir James Graham)/ Do. by Do. [Ditto] [beneath work]

  • 11.7 x 13.8 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Miss Helen & Miss Constance Graham (daughters of Sir James Graham), Osborne, Aug 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                • Osborne House
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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