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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

Robert Loyd-Lindsay (1832-1901), later Lord Wantage

c.1859

Albumen print | 8.0 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2910635

Photograph of a full length portrait of Robert Loyd-Lindsay (1832-1901), later Lord Wantage, seated on a chair, facing three-quarters to the right. He holds a cane in his right hand and a top hat in his left.

  • Creator(s)

    Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Robert Loyd Lindsay (1832-1901)
  • annotation: Colonel Lindsay. [beneath work]

  • 8.0 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.8 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

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