Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Sir Michael Costa (1808-84)
c.1880 copy of an original of c.1860Carbon print | 23.1 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2913547
Photograph of a full length portrait of the conductor Sir Michael Costa (1808-84) standing, facing three-quarters to the right. He turns his head and looks towards the camera. He rests his left arm on the back of a chair and holds a top hat in his right hand.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sir Michael Costa (1808-84)annotation: M. Costa./ Reprodu [ced; outside of shot] [beneath work]
23.1 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions)
10.2 x 6.1 cm (mount)
9.3 x 5.4 cm (image)
- Acquired by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- People
- Musicians
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- albums
- People
