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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

UNKNOWN PERSON

Pauline, Queen of Württemberg (1800-73)

1860

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907808

Photograph of Pauline, Queen of Württemberg, standing, facing three-quarters  to the right. She poses with her left hand resting on a plinth. She holds a closed fan in her right hand.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Pauline Therese, Queen of Württemberg (1800-73)
  • annotation: The Queen of Württemberg. 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • The Queen of Würtemberg, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite