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    Princess Bathildis, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (1837-1902)

    1862

    Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2908028

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Bathildis, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe (1837-1902) standing in profile, facing right. She wears a shawl and a bonnet. On the right of the photograph there a plant in an urn, positioned on top of an urn.

    The Princess is the second child of Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau and his wife Landgravine Marie of Hesse-Kassel. On 30 May 1862 at Dessau, Princess Bathildis married Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Bathildis of Schaumberg-Lippe (1837-1902)

    • 8.6 x 5.7 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)

    • Princess Bathilde of Dessau, daughter of Prince and Princess Frederic, 1862. [Album: Photographs. Royal Portraits, vol.49]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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