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    FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

    Queen Victoria and Prince Albert at Osborne

    1859

    Carte de visite, albumen print | 9.7 x 6.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2105652

    Photograph of a full Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61) on the terrace at Osborne House. The Queen is seated on a bench and the Prince is stood to her left.

    • Creator(s)

      Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

    • 9.7 x 6.2 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Isle of Wight [England]
                • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                  • Osborne House
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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