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    ANGERER : WIEN

    Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-98)

    1861

    Albumen print | 9.1 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2907793

    Photograph of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, standing facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head towards the right and gazes ahead, away from the camera. She holds onto the back of a chair with her right hand. She wears a long, light colour dress trimmed with lace. A vase of flowers stands on a table behind her.

    • Creator(s)

      Angerer : Wien (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-98)

    • annotation: The Empress of Austria. 1861. [beneath work]

    • 9.1 x 5.8 cm (image)

      9.6 x 6.1 cm (mount)

      23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

      24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

    • The Empress of Austria, 1861. [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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