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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828-75)

    c.1860

    Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2907803

    Photograph of Prince Adalbert, facing towards the front. He turns his head to the left, his face captured in profile. He wears a pince nez and holds his top hat in his right hand. He rests his left hand on a balustrade.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Adalbert, Prince of Bavaria (1828-75)

    • annotation: Prince Adalbert of Bavaria./ (brother to the King.) [beneath work]

    • 8.6 x 5.3 cm (image)

      9.6 x 6.3 cm (mount)

      23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

      24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

    • Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (brother to the King). [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.48]

    • Acquired by Prince Albert, the Prince Consort

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