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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE (1820-79)

The Honourable Emily Sarah Cathcart (1834-1917)

Jan 1855

Salted paper print | 18.8 x 14.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906615

Photograph of a full length portrait of Emily Cathcart (1834-1917) seated, facing towards the camera. She turns her head slightly towards the right and gazes ahead. She wears a checked dress and is seated at a cloth covered round table on which she rests her right arm.

  • Creator(s)

    William Bambridge (1820-79) (photographer)

  • The Hon. Emily Cathcart/ Do [Ditto]

  • 18.8 x 14.6 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • The Hon. Emily Cathcart, Jan 1855 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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