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L FRISCH & CIE : WEIMAR

Princess Heinrich VII Reuss of Köstritz (1849-1922), when Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

1861

Albumen print | 9.0 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907966

Photograph of Princess Marie, standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She gazes ahead, away from the camera. She holds a wide-brimmed hat in her left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    L Frisch & Cie : Weimar (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Princess of Reuss-Köstritz (1849-1922)

  • annotation: Princess Marie of Saxe Weimar./ Eldest Daughter of the Grand Duke. 1861  [beneath work]

  • 9.0 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.8 x 6.1 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Princess Marie of Saxe Weimar. Eldest daughter of the Grand Duke, 1861. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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        • photographs
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