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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Louis Gallait (1810-87)

    1860

    Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2913526

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Louis Gallait, standing, facing three-quarters to the left, his face captured in profile. He holds a top hat in his left hand.

    Gallait was a Belgain artist of historical and romantic paintings, originally from Tournai, Belgium. He made his reputation with the painting The Abdication of Charles V.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Louis Gallait (1810-87)

    • annotation: Louise Gallait. 1860. [beneath work]

    • 8.6 x 5.5 cm (image)

      9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

      22.8 x 17.5 cm (page dimensions)

    • Louis Gallait, 1860 [in Photographs. Artists' Portraits. Volume 79]

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • People
        • Artists
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
            • cartes-de-visite
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