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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

ANDRÉ ADOLFE EUGÈNE DISDÉRI (1819-89)

Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya when Comtesse de Morny (1836-98)

1874 after an original of 1860

Albumen print | 9.1 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2914063

Photograph of a full length portrait of Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya when Comtesse de Morny standing, facing towards the camera. She turns her head halfway to the left and gazes downwards.

  • Creator(s)

    André Adolfe Eugène Disdéri (1819-89) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Sofia Sergeyevna Trubetskaya (1836-98)
  • 9.1 x 5.8 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs