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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Princess Frederic of Würtemberg (1821-98)

    c.1860

    Albumen print | 8.7 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907790

    Photograph of Princess Frederic standing, facing towards the camera. She turns her head slightly to the left and gazes ahead, away from the camera. She holds a closed fan in her left hand and rests her right hand on the side of a small table.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Katharina of Württemberg (1821-98)

    • annotation: Princess Frederic of Würtemberg. [beneath work]

    • 8.7 x 5.6 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)

    • Princess Frederic of Würtemberg. [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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