Count Alexander Mensdorff Pouilly (1813-71)

Glass plate negative of a nearly full-length portrait of Count Alexander Mensdorff (1813-71) standing in a doorway of the glass conservatory at Balmoral. The count faces three-quarters to the left and gazes downwards. He holds a top hat in his hand.

Count Alexander was the son of Count Emanuel Mensdorff-Pouilly and a first cousin of Queen Victoria (his mother was the Duchess of Kent's elder sister).

The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. Prints from this negative exist in the Collection, RCINs 2905955 and 2906506.