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LEONIDA CALDESI (1823-91)

'The Jäger Cowley with Deckel and Dandie'

1889 copy after an original of 1855

Carbon print | 13.5 x 11.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2906633

Photograph of full length portrait of the Jäger Edward Coley (1817-93) seated on a wooden chair, facing left. He turns his head towards the camera and gazes downwards. He poses with his right arm over the back of the chair. The dogs Deckel and Dandie are seated by his feet.

  • Creator(s)

    Leonida Caldesi (1823-91) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Edward Cowley (1817-93)

  • annotation: Reproduced & Printed in Carbon by [break] Mullins 1889 [beneath photograph, left and right]

  • 13.5 x 11.3 cm (image)

    28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

  • The Jäger Cowley with Deckel & Dandie, 1855 [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
            • Dackel (dog-dachshund; Queen Victoria)
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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