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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

GUSTAV WILLIAM HENRY MULLINS (1854-1921)

Richard Curzon-Howe (1796-1870), 1st Earl Howe

1889 copy after an original of 1860

Carbon print | 25.8 x 20.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2906871

Photograph of Earl Howe, standing, facing slightly to the left and looking towards the camera. He holds a pair of gloves in his right hand, resting on top of a chair, and a walking stick in his left hand. There is a hat placed on a chair to his right. 

The original photograph is underneath this print. 
  • Creator(s)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, Earl Howe (1796-1870)
  • 25.8 x 20.2 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, 1860

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums