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DICKENSON

The Honourable Captain Dudley Charles FitzGerald-de Ros (1827-1907)

1854

Hand-coloured salted paper print | 18.3 x 13.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906580

Photograph of  a near full length portrait of Captain Dudley de Ros (1827-1905), seated on the arm of a chair. He faces slightly towards the left, and turns his head towards the right. He gazes ahead, away from the camera. He poses with a small dog resting its front legs on his right leg. The face of the sitter, his bow tie and the tongue of the dog have been hand-coloured.

  • Creator(s)

    Dickenson (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Dudley Charles Fitzgerald, 24th Baron de Ros (1827-1907)

  • annotation: The Hon. Capt., D. De Ros-/ 1854/ by Dickenson- [beneath photograph]

  • 18.3 x 13.8 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • The Hon. Captain D. de Ros, 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Dogs
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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