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Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861) c. 1859
Albumen print | 8.5 x 6.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2906421
Frances Sally Day (1815-92)
Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861) c. 1859
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Photograph of a full length portrait of Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786-1861) standing, facing three-quarters to the left. She holds a parasol over her head. She poses beside a sculpture located on the lower terrace at Osborne.
In Queen Victoria's Journal entry for Tuesday 26 July 1859, she wrote that '- Was photographed in the Lower Terrace by Miss Day and together with Mama and the children' . Frances Sally Day was the first woman to photograph the royal family.Provenance
Acquired by Princess Helena
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
8.5 x 6.4 cm (image)
Markings
annotation: The Duchess of Kent/ Osborne/ Miss Day [beneath work]
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