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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

      WILLIAM HENRY SOUTHWELL (1823-70)

      Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

      1860

      Albumen mounted on card | 8.4 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2915193

      Photograph of Queen Victoria in full length, seated. She wears a jacket trimmed with an ermine trim and holds a fur muff in her right hand with her left hand hanging by her side. She faces three-quarters to the left.

      • Creator(s)

        William Henry Southwell (1823-70) (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)

      • 8.4 x 5.8 cm (image)

      • From a series of cartes-de-visite compiled by Queen Victoria

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