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Lady Geraldine Somerset (1832-1915) c. 1858
Albumen print | 8.8 x 5.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2143875
Unknown Person
Lady Geraldine Somerset (1832-1915) c. 1858
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Photograph of a full-length portrait of Lady Geraldine Somerset, daughter of the 7th Duke of Beaufort. She is standing with her body turned three-quarters to the right but her head faces three-quarters left. Her left hand is resting on a book which is placed on a small column on the right of the photograph. A curtain is hanging behind the column.
Lady Geraldine Somerset was Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Augusta, Duchess of Cambridge from 1858 to 1889, Queen Mary's grandmother. Her diaries are in the Royal Archives, Windsor Castle.Provenance
From an album belonging to Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge. The album was given to HM Queen Elizabeth II by the Duchess of Beaufort, and placed in the Photograph Collection on June 7th 1976.
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
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8.8 x 5.7 cm (image) (image)
25.9 x 36.5 cm (page dimensions)
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