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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

LUDWIG ANGERER (1827-79)

Prince Antoine-Charles Palffy

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2913756

Photograph of a full length portrait of Prince Antoine-Charles Palffy seated in a chair, facing halfway towards the left. He looks down at a book he holds in his lap with both hands. He poses with his legs crossed.

  • Creator(s)

    Ludwig Angerer (1827-79) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Prince Antoine-Charles Palffy (b. 1793)
  • annotation: Fürst Palfy. [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 5.2 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 17.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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