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UNKNOWN PERSON

Princess Margherita, Duchess of Madrid (1847-93), when Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907834

Photograph of Margherita, Princess of Parma, standing facing three-quarters to the right. She rests her left hand on a side table and holds a small bunch of flowers in her right hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Margherita, Duchess of Madrid (1847-93)

  • annotation: Princess Margaret of Parma. [beneath work]

  • 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Princess Margaret of Parma. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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