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DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

Princess Beatrice (1857-1944)

Jul 1858

Salted paper print | 12.7 x 10.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900137

Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Beatrice (1857-1944) seated, facing towards the camera. She turns her head slightly towards the left and looks ahead, away from the camera. She wears a long-sleeved dress and a bonnet, the ribbon tied under her chin. A person, their arm just visible to left, steadies the Princess. Photograph is a vignette and cropped into an oval.

  • Creator(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)

  • annotation: Princess Beatrice./ July 1858./ Capt. De Ros. [beneath work]

  • 12.7 x 10.0 cm (image)

    30.8 x 24.4 cm (whole object)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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