Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)
c.1880 copy of an original of c.1860Carbon print | 23.1 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2913623
Photograph of a full length portrait of French opera singer Pauline Viardot (1821-1910) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She leans her right arm on the back of a chair.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Michelle Ferdinande Pauline Viardot (1821-1910)annotation: Mme Viardot./ Reproduced. [beneath work]
23.1 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions)
9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)
8.9 x 5.6 cm (image)
Acquired by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- People
- Musicians
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- albums
- People
