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

The Phipps Family at Balmoral

Aug 1860

Albumen print | 11.3 x 14.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906852

Photograph of a group portrait with an open horse-drawn carriage. The portrait features Sir Charles Phipps, standing in the background facing the camera, and Lady Margaret Phipps with their children including Maria, Mrs Frederick Sayer, Miss Harriet Phipps and Albert Phipps. Photograph taken at Balmoral.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Sir Charles Beaumont Phipps (1801-66)
    Phipps, Margaret Anne, w. Col. the Hon. Sir Charles Beaumont (m.1835, d.1874)
    Harriet Lepel Phipps (1841-1922)
    Albert Augustus Phipps (1847-75)
    Maria Henrietta Sophia Chaine (1837-1915)

  • annotation: Sir C. & Mrs Phipps-/ Mrs Sayer, Mif- & Albert Phipps-/ Balmoral/ Col. De Ros- May: 1860.- [beneath work]

  • 11.3 x 14.6 cm (image)

    28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

    29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

  • Group at Balmoral, 1860 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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