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Comte de Bombelles

Photograph
1872 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Carte-de-visite depicting a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, identified by an insciption as the Comte de Bombelles. Possibly Louis, Comte de Bombelles e la Motte-Sainte-Liée (1817-1909).


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleComte de Bombelles (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen photograph mounted onto card.
Brief description
Photograph by Adèle, Portrait of a Man (Comte de Bombelles?), albumen print, 1872.
Physical description
Carte-de-visite depicting a head-and-shoulders portrait of a man, identified by an insciption as the Comte de Bombelles. Possibly Louis, Comte de Bombelles e la Motte-Sainte-Liée (1817-1909).
Dimensions
  • Image height: 91mm
  • Image width: 56mm
  • Card height: 105mm
  • Card width: 63mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 1872 ADELE. (Printed on recto, below image.)
  • ADELE / k.k.Hof-Fotografin / WIEN / GRABEN 19 / Hotel Muller / und / Praterstrasse 18. / Hotel de l'Europe / Vervielfaltigung vorbehalten. / Bei Nachbestellungen belieben die N[16685 B] anzugeben. (Printed on the verso of the card with the logo.)
  • C. de Bombelles / Vienna May 16th/[33] (Handwritten across verso in black ink.)
  • RPS.W.134 (Handwritten on verso in blue biro.)
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.
Associated object
PROV.5859-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG302 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • RPS.W.134 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Accession number
RPS.1737-2017

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Record createdJuly 25, 2017
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