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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    ANTOINE FRANÇOIS JEAN CLAUDET (1797-1867)

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

    1860

    Albumen print | 8.4 x 5.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2907785

    Photograph of Queen Marie Amélie seated facing towards the camera. She wears a bonnet tied with a wide ribbon under her chin. She holds a book open on her lap. There is a vase of flowers on a table behind her. 

    • Creator(s)

      Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

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

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

    • 8.4 x 5.6 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)

    • 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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