Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)
Sybil Mary Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (1848-71)
1888 after an original of c.1867Carbon print | 8.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2911501
Photograph of a full length portrait of Sybil Mary, The Duchess of St Albans, formerly Miss Grey, standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She gazes down, her face captured in profile. She looks at a book she holds with both hands in front of her body. She props the book on the back of a chair.
Creator(s)
Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Sybil Mary Beauclerk, Duchess of St Albans (1848-71)annotation: The Duchess of St. Albans./ (Miss Grey)/ Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]
8.7 x 5.7 cm (image)
9.7 x 6.2 cm (mount)
22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- visual works
