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Portraiture

Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    AFTER DR ERNST BECKER (1826-88)

    'The Honourable Mary Bulteel' (1832-1916)

    1889 copy after an original of Aug 1854

    Carbon print | 12.5 x 10.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906545

    Photograph of a full length portrait of Mary Bulteel, later Mary Ponsonby (1832-1916), standing in front of a stone bench, facing towards the camera. She gazes to the left. Photograph taken at Osborne.

    • Creator(s)

      After Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)

      Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    • The Hon. Mary Bulteel/ Do./ by Do. [Ditto]

      Reproduced & Printed in carbon by Mullins 1889

    • 12.5 x 10.9 cm (image)

      28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

    • The Hon. Mary Bulteel, Osborne, Aug 1854 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Isle of Wight [England]
                • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                  • Osborne House
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