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WILLIAM BAMBRIDGE
Snowdrop, Prince Leopold's cat
Jul 1856Wet collodion negative | RCIN 2083050
William Bambridge, Snowdrop, Prince Leopold's cat, Jul 1856, albumen print©
This is one in a series of glass plate negatives produced by the photographer William Bambridge (1820-79) depicting Snowdrop, a white cat owned by Prince Leopold, later the Duke of Albany (1853-84).
Prince Albert placed a print of this work (RCIN 2906222), shown on the right, in his album Calotypes. Volume VI.
