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ROYAL DE LITHOGRAPHIE À BRUXELLES

Prince Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

dated 1836

Lithograph | 23.4 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 2506466

A lithograph from an album of portraits containing prints and photographs: a vignette portrait of Prince Ernst of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; bust length, turned slightly to the right with his head turned three quarters to the right; wearing a military uniform with decorations; inscribed and dated on the mount below.

  • Creator(s)

    Royal de Lithographie à Bruxelles (printer)

  • 23.4 x 18.5 cm (sheet of paper)

  • From an album acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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