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A portrait of Prince Alemayehu and Tristram Speedy
Jabez Hughes - Enlarge image
A portrait of Prince Alemayehu and Tristram Speedy
- Object:
photograph
- Place of origin:
Ryde (photographed)
- Date:
1860-1869 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Jabez Hughes (Photographer)
- Materials and Techniques:
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
- Credit Line:
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund
- Museum number:
RPS.4318-2018
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case MB2, shelf SH2, box XRG304
Physical description
Carte-de-visite portrait of Prince Alemayehu of Ethiopia (1861-1879) and Tristram Charle Sawyer Speedy (1836-1911), an explorer. Prince Alemayehu is sitting on Speedy lap.
Place of Origin
Ryde (photographed)
Date
1860-1869 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Jabez Hughes (Photographer)
Materials and Techniques
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
Marks and inscriptions
'ROYAL / PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO / MR. JABEZ HUGHES. / PHOTOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN / AND / H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, / REGINA HOUSE, / RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT.'
Printed on verso, as part of a logo.
'JABEZ HUGHES / RYDE I.W.'
Printed on the recto, below the image.
Dimensions
Height: 100 mm, Width: 62 mm
Descriptive line
Photograph by Mr Jabez Hughes, a portrait of Prince Alemayehu and Tristram Speedy, albumen print, ca. 1860s.
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Albumen process; Photography
Categories
Photographs; The Royal Photographic Society; Royalty; Portraits; Military; RPS Digitisation Project New
Collection
Royal Photographic Society Collection
