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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria (1795-1875)

    1860

    Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2907800

    Photograph of Prince Karl standing and facing towards the camera. He rests his right hand on a plinth.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Karl Theodor Prince of Bavaria (1795-1875)

    • annotation: Prince Charles of Bavaria./ (Uncle to the King.) 1860. [beneath work]

    • 8.6 x 5.3 cm (image)

      9.6 x 6.2 cm (mount)

      23.0 x 18.2 cm (page dimensions)

      24.2 x 20.0 x 5.5 cm (album)

    • Prince Charles of Bavaria (uncle to the King), 1860. [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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