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UNKNOWN PERSON

Wilhelmine, Duchess of Glücksburg (1808-1891)

1862

Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2908092

Photograph of Wilhelmine, Duchess of Glücksburg, standing almost profile right. She rests her left hand on a plinth. 
Wilhelmine was the sixth daughter of Frederik VI, King of Denmark. She married Charles, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg at Copenhagen on 19 May 1838.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Princess Wilhelmine of Denmark (1808-91)

  • 8.7 x 5.5 cm (image)

    9.7 x 6.4 cm (mount)

    22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

  • Wilhelmine, Duchess of Glücksburg (Princess of Denmark), 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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