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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Isabella, The Honourable Mrs Richard Curzon (d. 1922)

    1860

    Salted paper print | 12.6 x 8.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2906819

    Photograph of Isabella, the Honourable Richard Curzon standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She turns her head left, her face captured in profile. She leans her right arm on a small circular table.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Isabella Maria Katherine Curzon, Countess of Howe (d. 1922)

    • 12.6 x 8.7 cm (image)

      28.4 x 23.0 cm (page dimensions)

      29.5 x 25.0 x 5.0 cm (album)

    • Isabella, Hon. Mrs Richard Curzon, 1860 [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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