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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)

    Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)

    1876 after an original of 1860

    Carbon print | 9.1 x 5.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2911216

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Viscount Palmerston, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, standing, facing slightly towards the right. He looks ahead, away from the camera. He rests his left hand on the back of a chair.

    • Creator(s)

      Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865)

    • 9.1 x 5.9 cm (image)

      23.0 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

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