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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

    Carbon print | 7.9 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2911181

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Anne Sutherland Leveson-Gower when the Marchioness of Stafford, seated on a chair, facing three-quarters to the left. She poses with her arms crossed.

    • Creator(s)

      Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Anne Sutherland-Levenson-Gower, Duchess of Sutherland (1829-88)

    • 7.9 x 5.5 cm (image)

      9.5 x 6.3 cm (mount)

      23.0 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    • Marchioness of Stafford. [Photographs, English Portraits. Volume 68.]

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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