Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867)
Queen Marie Amélie, Dowager Queen of the French (1782-1866) 1860
Albumen print | 8.4 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907785
Photograph of Queen Marie Amélie seated facing towards the camera. She wears a bonnet tied with a wide ribbon under her chin. She holds a book open on her lap. There is a vase of flowers on a table behind her.
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Creator(s)
Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Marie Amélie, Queen of the French (1782-1866) -
annotation: Queen Marie Amelia. 1860. [beneath work]
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8.4 x 5.6 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)
23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)
24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)
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Queen Marie Amelie, 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]
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Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- visual works
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