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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (1847-1928), when Princess Dagmar of Denmark

    1862

    Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2907994

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Dagmar, later Maria Feodorovna, Empress of Russia (1847-1928) standing and facing the viewer. She wears a hat trimmed with feathers and rests her right arm on a balustrade.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia (1847-1928)

    • 8.6 x 5.5 cm (image)

      9.7 x 6.4 cm (mount)

      22.7 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

      23.9 x 19.4 x 5.9 cm (album)

    • Dagmar, 2nd daughter of Prince Christian of Denmark, 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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