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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    ANGERER : WIEN

    Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-98)

    1861

    Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907795

    Photograph of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, standing, facing right. She turns her head slightly towards the camera. She holds a page of a photograph album positioned on the table in front of her. 

    • Creator(s)

      Angerer : Wien (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Elisabeth, Empress of Austria (1837-98)

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

    • 8.8 x 5.6 cm (image)

      9.8 x 6.3 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

    • Subject(s)
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Photography
          • Photographs
            • Photograph albums
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
            • cartes-de-visite
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