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    Constance Evelyn Wyndham (née Primrose), Lady Leconfield (1846-1939)

    c.1866

    Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2911482

    This carte-de-visite photograph is unique in its presentation of the sitter. Rather than central to the image, the sitter, the Honourable Constance Primrose, is posed standing on the outside of a barred window. 

    Following Prince Albert's death in December 1861, Queen Victoria continued to collect and compile carte-de-visite albums. This photograph is from an album compiled initially by Prince Albert, and completed by Queen Victoria following his death. 

    • annotation: The Hon. Constance Primrose. [beneath work]

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