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UNKNOWN PERSON

The Archduchess Maria Caroline of Austria (1825-1915)

c.1860

Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2907729

Photograph of the Archduchess Maria who stands facing towards the camera. She places her right hand on a balustrade, on the far left side of the photograph. She wears a long dress with pleats down the front and a bonnet. An ermine muff rests on the balustrade.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Maria Caroline, Archduchess of Austria, Duke of Teschen (1825-1915)

  • annotation: Marie.. [indecipherable] Rainer [beneath work]

  • 8.5 x 5.1 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.1 cm (mount)

    23.1 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

    24.3 x 19.8 x 5.5 cm (album)

  • Archduchess Marie. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.47]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Muffs
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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