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DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

Miss Mary de Ros (1854-1939)

1859

Albumen print | 12.5 x 11.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906780

Photograph of a full length portrait of Miss Mary de Ros (1854-1939) aged four, standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She places her left hand on a rustic table and she holds a flower in her right hand. She wears a dark coloured cape and hat.

  • Creator(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Mary Frances Dawson, Baroness de Ros (1854-1939)

  • 12.5 x 11.1 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Miss Mary de Ros, 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • People
      • Children
      • Girls
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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