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UNKNOWN PERSON

Unnamed gentleman

1860

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2913516

Photograph of a full-length portrait of an unnamed gentleman with full beard and moustache, standing, facing slightly towards the left. He turns his head three-quarters to the left. He poses with a top hat in his right hand, his gloves in his left hand.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • annotation: 1860. [beneath work]

  • 8.7 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

    22.8 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions)

  • Unnamed gentleman [in Photographs. Artists' Portraits. Volume 79]

  • Acquired by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • People
      • Artists
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
          • cartes-de-visite
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