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After Roger Fenton (1819-69)
'The Queen'; Queen Victoria (1819-1901) 1889 copy of an original of 11 May 1854
Carbon print | 19.4 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2906515
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Photograph of a full length portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901), standing, facing slightly towards the left. She turns her head to gaze behind her. Queen Victoria wears a formal court dress decorated with flowers and lace. She rests her right hand on a pedestal upon which a posie of flowers are placed. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.
Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1854
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
19.4 x 16.1 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Markings
annotation: The Queen/Do./ Do. [Underneath the photograph]
annotation: Reproduced & Printed in carbon by Mullins 1889 [mount, lower left]
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Alternative title(s)
The Queen, Buckingham Palace, May 11th 1854 (after a drawingroom) [Photographic Portraits. Vol 1/59 (1853-1857)]
