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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Portrait of an unidentified man

    1854

    Albumen print | 12.7 x 8.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2906550

    Photograph of a full length portrait of an unidentified man standing, facing three-quarters to the left. He stands with his arms folded and poses in front of a climbing plant. Photograph taken on the terrace outside Osborne House.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

    • 12.7 x 8.8 cm (image)

      28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

    • Portrait, Osborne, 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Isle of Wight [England]
                • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                  • Osborne House
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Botany
          • Systematic botany
            • Climbing plants
          • General botany
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
          • albums
            • photograph albums
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