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CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)

Princess Mary of Cambridge (1833-97)

1860

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2907738

Photograph of Mary Adelaide, Princess of Cambridge, standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head towards the camera and gazes to the right. She holds a hat in her right hand. She poses beside an urn positioned on a plinth and in front of a painted backdrop.

  • Creator(s)

    Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck (1833-97)

  • annotation: Princess Mary of Cambridge./ 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.5 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.3 x 19.8 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Princess Mary of Cambridge, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.47]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Containers
          • Vessels (containers)
            • Urns
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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