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    AFTER EDMUND THOMAS PARRIS (1793-1873)

    Leather case containing portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901)

    c. 1855

    Leather case containing ambrotype | 7.6 x 6.1 x 1.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 53247

    This ambrotype depicts the painting Queen Victoria at the Opera by Edmund Thomas Parris (1793–1873). 

    The ambrotype is presented in a chased gilt metal frame, in a leather case with red velvet interior, replicating the presentation of daguerreotypes.

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