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AFTER EDMUND THOMAS PARRIS (1793-1873)
Leather case containing portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
c. 1855Leather 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.
