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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Charles Theodore, Duke in Bavaria (1839-1909)

    1860

    Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907806

    Photograph of Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, standing, facing towards the camera. He turns his head three-quarters towards the left and gazes ahead, away from the camera. He wears a military uniform and holds his sword at his left side. There is a column on the left side of the photograph.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839-1909)

    • annotation: Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria./ (Son of Duke Maximilian) 1860. [beneath work]

    • 8.6 x 5.4 cm (image)

      9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

      23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

      24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

    • Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria (son of Duke Maximilian) 1860. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

    • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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