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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Grand Duchess Catherine Michaelovna (1827-94) Duchess George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

    1861

    Albumen print | 7.9 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2906917

    Photograph of, what appears to be a painting, of a portrait of Grand Duchess Catherine Michaelovna, facing three-quarters to the left. She wears a hat.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Duchess Catherine of Meckenburg-Strelitz (1827-94)

    • 7.9 x 5.3 cm (image)

      28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

      29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

    • Grand Duchess Catherine Michaelovna, Duchess George of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1861 [Photographic Portraits Vol.3/61 1856-1863]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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