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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

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

1888 after an original of c.1860

Carbon print | 8.5 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2911326

Photograph of a full length portrait of Richard William Curzon, 1st Earl Howe and 2nd Viscount Curzon, seated, facing three-quarters to the left. He looks ahead, away from the camera. He holds a hat in his right hand and a pair of gloves in his left. There is a vase on top of a plinth on the far left side of the photograph.
  • Creator(s)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, Earl Howe (1796-1870)
  • annotation: Earl Howe. [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 5.3 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.1 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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