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L HAASE & CO (ACTIVE C. 1860-1890S)

Victoria, Princess Frederick of Prussia and her daughter Princess Charlotte

Aug 1860

Salted paper print | 9.3 x 7.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2900378

Photograph of a full length portrait of Victoria, Princess Frederick of Prussia seated on a chair holding her daughter Princess Charlotte. Princess Victoria faces left and looks down at her daughter, whom she holds in her arms.

  • Creator(s)

    L Haase & Co (active c. 1860-1890s) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen (1860-1919)
    Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)

  • annotation: Princefs Royal, (Princefs F. William of Prussia)/ and the Infant Princefs Charlotte./ Potsdam. Aug. 1860. / Haase. [beneath workq]

  • 9.3 x 7.3 cm (image)

    31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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