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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    FRANCES SALLY DAY (1815-92)

    Robert Lloyd-Lindsay (1832-1901)

    c.1859

    Albumen print | 8.0 x 5.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2910635

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Robert Lloyd-Lindsay (1832-1901) seated on a chair, facing halfway towards the left. He turns his upper body towards the camera and gazes to the right. He holds a cane in his right hand and a top hat in his left.

    • Creator(s)

      Frances Sally Day (1815-92) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Robert Loyd Lindsay (1832-1901)

    • annotation: Colonel Lindsay. [beneath work]

    • 8.0 x 5.5 cm (image)

      9.8 x 6.3 cm (mount)

      23.1 x 18.0 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Prince Albert

    • Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • albums
            • photograph albums
          • photographs
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