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HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

Miss Stanley

1888 after an original of c.1866

Carbon print | 8.4 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2911496

Photograph of a full length portrait of Miss Stanley seated , facing slightly to the left. She turns her head three-quarters to the right. She holds her hands together in her lap.

Miss Stanley was the sister of Dean Stanley.

  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Stanley, Miss, sister of Dean Arthur Stanley (fl.1860s)

  • annotation: Miss Stanley./ Sister of Dean Stanley./ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]

  • 8.4 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs
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