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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    LUDWIG ANGERER (1827-79)

    Princess Maria Kinsky with her children

    c. 1860

    Albumen print | 8.6 x 5.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2913798

    Photograph of a full length group portrait of Princess Maria Kinsky (1835-1905) and her two children, possibly Wilhelmine and Karl. Princess Maria stands facing towards the camera. She holds a child in her arms and looks towards the camera. A young girl stands on a chair beside her mother, on the left. She holds her mother's hand.

    • Creator(s)

      Ludwig Angerer (1827-79) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Princess Maria Kinsky (1835-1905)

    • annotation: Fürstin Kinsky. [beneath work]

    • 8.6 x 5.1 cm (image)

      9.6 x 6.1 cm (mount)

      22.7 x 17.0 cm (page dimensions)

    • Fürstin Kinsky with her children [in Photographs. Austrian Portraits. Volume 72]

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

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