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AFTER DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

Sir George Grey (1799-1882)

1887 copy after an original of Sept 1859

Carbon print | 13.9 x 10.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906785

Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Sir George Grey, Balmoral (1799-1882) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. He gazes ahead, away from the camera. He wears a hat and holds a cane in his right hand, and gloves in his left. He rests his left hand on his hip. Photograph taken in Balmoral.

  • Creator(s)

    After Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907) (photographer)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Sir George Grey (1799-1882)

  • 13.9 x 10.1 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • Sir George Grey, Balmoral, September 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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