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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    HUGHES & MULLINS (1883-1917)

    Lady Victoria Scott, later Marchioness of Lothian (1845-1938)

    1888 after an original of c.1860

    Carbon print | 8.4 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2911361

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Lady Victoria Scott, later Victoria, Marchioness of Lothian, standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She holds her hands together in front of her. She poses in front of a painted backdrop, depicting a large, double window, looking out onto a landscape scene.

    • Creator(s)

      Hughes & Mullins (1883-1917) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Victoria, Marchioness of Lothian (1845-1938)

    • annotation: Lady Victoria Scott./
      Reproduced & Printed in Carbon 1888. [beneath work]

    • 8.4 x 5.3 cm (image)

      9.5 x 6.3 cm (mount)

      22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

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