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JOSEPH CUNDALL (1819-95)

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

Oct 1856

Salted paper print | 7.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900080

Photograph of a head and shoulder length portrait of Prince Alfred, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900). He faces towards the camera and gazes to the left. He wears a jacket, checked waistcoat, a shirt and tie. Photograph cropped into an oval.

  • Creator(s)

    Joseph Cundall (1819-95) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

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

  • annotation: Prince Alfred/ Oct: 1856./ By Mr. Cundall. [beneath work]

  • 7.7 x 5.7 cm (image)

    31.0 x 24.7 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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