Portraiture
Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
The Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1803-62)
1862Albumen print | 8.5 x 4.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2908051
Photograph of a full length portrait of The Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1803-62), standing in profile, facing right. She turns her head to look at the camera.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
Subject(s)
Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg (1803-62)8.5 x 4.9 cm (image)
9.6 x 6.4 cm (mount)
22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)
23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)
Dowager Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1863. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- cartes-de-visite
- photographs
- visual works
