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AFTER MISS PENNANT (ACTIVE 1850S)

The Honourable Colonel Edward Douglas-Pennant (1800-86)

1887 copy after an original of 1859

Carbon print | 11.0 x 7.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906787

Photograph of a full length portrait of The Honourable Colonel Edward Douglas-Pennant (1800-86) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. He gazes ahead, away from the camera. He poses with his right leg crossed over his left. He places his right hand on a nearby table and holds a top hat and cane in his left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    After Miss Pennant (active 1850s) (photographer)

    Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Douglas-Pennant, Hon. Edward Gordon, 1st Baron Penrhyn (1800-1886)

  • 11.0 x 7.8 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 24.5 x 6.0 cm (album)

  • The Hon. Colonel Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1859 [Photographic Portraits Vol.2/60 1852-1859]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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