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AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

'Prince Philip of Württemberg'; Duke Philip of Württemberg (1838-1917) when Prince Philip

1889 copy after an original of Oct 1856

Carbon print | 20.6 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906630

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Prince, later Duke Philip of Württemberg (1838-1917) seated, facing three-quarters towards the left. He poses with his right arm resting on a table positioned beside him. There is an open book on the table.

  • Creator(s)

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    After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

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

  • Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by [break] Mullins 1889

  • 20.6 x 16.1 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • Prince Philip of Württemberg, only Son of Duke Alexander and the late Princess Maria d'Orleans, Oct 1856 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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