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    CAMILLE SILVY (1834-1910)

    Lady Katherine Valletort, later Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1840-74)

    c. 1860

    Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2910755

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Katherine Valletort, later Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1840-74) standing, facing right. She turns her head and looks towards the camera. She leans her left arm on a nearby plinth and places her left hand on her face.

    • Creator(s)

      Camille Silvy (1834-1910) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Katherine Edgcumbe, Countess of Mount Edgcumbe (1840-74)

    • annotation: Lady Katherine Valletort [beneath work]

    • 8.8 x 5.8 cm (image)

      9.5 x 6.2 cm (mount)

      23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

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