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AFTER LADY CATHERINE VERNON-HARCOURT (D. 1880)

'Mr & The Honourable Mrs Charles Bruce'

1889 copy after an original of 1854

Carbon print | 12.2 x 9.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2906592

Photograph of a near-full length, double portrait of Charles Bruce (fl. 1854) and his wife. Charles Bruce stands on the right, facing towards the viewer. His wife is seated, facing towards the right. There is a large, ornamental vase on the left side of the photograph.

  • Creator(s)

    After Lady Catherine Vernon-Harcourt (d. 1880) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • Mr & the Hon. Mrs Charles Bruce/ Ld. C. V. Hario [unintelligible]

    Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by [break] Mullins 1889

  • 12.2 x 9.7 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Mr & The Hon. Mrs Charles Bruce, 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Packaging
          • Containers
            • Vessels (containers)
              • Urns
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