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Princess Leopoldine of Baden (1837-1903)

1860

Probably salted paper print | 9.6 x 6.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906870

Photograph of Princess Leopoldine of Baden, standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head and looks towards the viewer. She rests her right arm on the base of a column and holds a fan in her right hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Leopoldine of Baden, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1837-1903)

  • 9.6 x 6.2 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Princess Leopoldine of Baden, 1860 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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