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Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography

    ANTOINE FRANÇOIS JEAN CLAUDET (1797-1867)

    'The Prince de Condé'; Louis Philippe, Prince of Condé (1845-66)

    1856

    Salted paper print | 17.5 x 13.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906618

    Photograph of a three-quarter length portrait of Louis Philippe, Prince de Condé (1845-66) standing, facing three-quarters to the right. He gazes ahead away from the camera. He poses next to a table. He holds a hat in his hands and rests his right arm on the back of a chair. Small hand-coloured additions have been added to the photograph.

    • Creator(s)

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

      Subject(s)

      Louis Philippe, Prince of Condé (1845-66)

    • annotation: The Prince de Conde/ eldest son of/ the Duc d'Aumale/ Claudet 1856 [beneath photograph]

    • 17.5 x 13.6 cm (image)

      28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)

    • The Prince De Condé, Eldest Son of the Duc d'Aumale, 1856 [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

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