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Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)

The Honourable Mrs Wellesley (1831-1919), wife of the Dean of Windsor 1862

Albumen print | 8.0 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906932

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Photograph of Mrs Wellesley standing, facing right, her face captured in profile. She gazes down. She places her right hand in her coat pocket and holds a small posy of flowers in her left hand. She poses in front of a stone wall, against which grows a plant.
  • Creator(s)

    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)

    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (royal creator)

    Subject(s)
    Magdalen Wellesley (1831-1919)
  • 8.0 x 5.6 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • The Hon. Mrs Wellesley, 1862 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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