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    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Carl Haag (1820-1915)

    1860

    Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2913533

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Carl Haag standing, facing three-quarters to the left. He gazes ahead, away from the camera. Haag holds the back of a chair with his right hand and holds a cane in his left hand.

    Haag was a Bavarian-born painter who became a naturalized British subject and was court painter to the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. There are many paintings and watercolours (see RCIN 450857) in the Royal Collection by him. He also hand-coloured a number of photographs.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Carl Haag (1820-1915)

    • annotation: Carl Haag. 1860. [beneath work]

    • 8.6 x 5.5 cm (image)

      9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

      22.8 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions)

    • Carl Haag, 1860 [in Photographs. Artists' Portraits. Volume 79]

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • People
        • Artists
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
            • cartes-de-visite
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