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GUSTAV WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS (1854-1921)

Prince Alfred (1844-1900)

1889 copy after an original of 1862

Carbon print | 9.3 x 5.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906940

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince Alfred seated at a table, facing towards the camera. He gazes to the left. He poses with his right arm resting on the table and his left hand on his lap. The Prince wears  a Naval uniform and cap.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)

  • 9.3 x 5.9 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Prince Alfred, 1862 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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