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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    LUDWIG ANGERER (1827-79)

    Fürstin Julie Obrenovitch, later Countess Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely (1831-1919)

    c. 1860

    Albumen print | 8.5 x 5.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2913800

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Countess Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely (1831-1919) when Princess Obrenović, standing, facing three-quarters to the right. She places her left hand on the back of a chair beside her. She wears a dark lace cape and a full length, long sleeve dark coloured dress with lace trim.

    • Creator(s)

      Ludwig Angerer (1827-79) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Countess Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely (1831-1919)

    • annotation: Fürstin Julie Obrenovitch/ née Css Hunyadi. [beneath work]

    • 8.5 x 5.1 cm (image)

      9.6 x 6.0 cm (mount)

      22.7 x 17.0 cm (page dimensions)

    • Fürstin Julie Obrenovitch [in Photographs. Austrian Portraits. Volume 72]

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

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        • visual works
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