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Queen Victoria (1819-1901) 1889 copy after an original of 5 Jul 1854
Carbon print | 21.8 x 16.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906533
After Bryan Edward Duppa (1804-66)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901) 1889 copy after an original of 5 Jul 1854
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Photograph showing a three-quarters length right profile portrait of a seated Queen Victoria. She rests a photographic portrait of Prince Albert on her lap. Photograph taken at Buckingham Palace.
In July 1854, Queen Victoria commissioned Bryan Edward Duppa to take a photograph of her, as a surprise for her husband. The portrait shows the Queen holding a framed copy of a portrait of Prince Albert taken by the same photographer a few months earlier.
Provenance
Commissioned by Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Carbon print
Measurements
21.8 x 16.6 cm (image)
28.2 x 22.9 cm (page dimensions)
Markings
annotation: The Queen/ Buckingham Palace/ July 13 1854/ by Mr Dupper [beneath work]
annotation: Reproduced & Printed in carbon by Mullins 1889 [mount, lower left and lower right]
Alternative title(s)
Queen Victoria, Buckingham Palace, 13 July 1854.[Photographic Portraits Vol.1/59 1853-1857]
