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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen (1845-1932)

c.1863

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2911438

Photograph of the Honourable Paul Sanford Methuen, later Field Marshal Lord Methuen, standing three-quarters left beside a desk, holding a walking stick and gloves in his right hand with his left hand resting on a chair behind him and his top hat standing upturned on the desk
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Paul Sanford Methuen, 3rd Baron Methuen (1845-1932)
  • annotation: Hon. Paul Methuen. [beneath work]

  • 8.6 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