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    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Queen Marie Amélie, Dowager Queen of the French (1782-1866)

    1860

    Albumen print | 8.4 x 5.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2907784

    Photograph of Queen Marie Amélie seated, facing three-quarters to the right. Her left hand rests on a book on a small table beside her. She places her right hand in her lap.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Marie Amélie, Queen of the French (1782-1866)

    • annotation: Queen Marie Amelia. 1860. [beneath work]

    • 8.4 x 5.4 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)

    • Queen Marie Amelie, 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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