Photograph
19th century (made)
Small card-mounted portraits called cartes de visite were particularly collectible. They were often compiled in albums or traded among friends. Many cartes de visite depicted public figures – here international heads of state. This group shows kings, queens, princes and heirs from Java, part of modern day Indonesia. The album shows how one collector formed a systematic photographic survey of royalty from around the world.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Album, 2 volumes: Gift of Mrs Olga Vaughan (nee Pasqui), 19thC; Anon, Rahden Adipati Arjo Tjondro Negoro, Sultan of Bandong |
| Gallery label | Photography Centre, 2018-20:
Abdullahyan Hovsep (1830–1908)
Giava, from Album of International Royalty
About 1876
Small card-mounted portraits called cartes de visite were particularly collectible. They were often compiled in albums or traded among friends. Many cartes de visite depicted public figures – here international heads of state. This group shows kings, queens, princes and heirs from Java, part of modern day Indonesia. The album shows how one collector formed a systematic photographic survey of royalty from around the world.
Albumen prints
Given by Mrs. Olga Vaughan (née Pasqui), 1934
Museum nos. 2795 to 2802-1934 |
| Summary | Small card-mounted portraits called cartes de visite were particularly collectible. They were often compiled in albums or traded among friends. Many cartes de visite depicted public figures – here international heads of state. This group shows kings, queens, princes and heirs from Java, part of modern day Indonesia. The album shows how one collector formed a systematic photographic survey of royalty from around the world. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 2802-1934 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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