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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

DUDLEY CHARLES FITZGERALD, 24TH BARON DE ROS (1827-1907)

The Honourable Horatia Stopford (1835-1920)

1860

Albumen print | 8.0 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906913

Photograph of Horatia Stopford, standing , facing three-quarters to the left. She poses with her right arm resting on the base of a pillar.
  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Horatia Charlotte Frances Stopford (1835-1920)
  • 8.0 x 5.5 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • The Hon. Horatia Stopford, 1860 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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