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Princess Marie of Battenberg

Photograph
late 19th century (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Backofen, F (photographer)
Place of origin
Germany (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman in profile. She is identified as Princess Marie of Battenberg (1852-1923), before her marriage and title of Princess of Erbach-Schonberg. The portrait is an oval-shaped photograph, which has been indented slightly.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
RPS Digitisation Project
Object type
Photograph
TitlePrincess Marie of Battenberg (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Franz Backofen, Portrait of Princess Marie of Battenberg, albumen print, late 19th century.
Physical description
Carte-de-visite depicting a head-and-shoulders portrait of a young woman in profile. She is identified as Princess Marie of Battenberg (1852-1923), before her marriage and title of Princess of Erbach-Schonberg. The portrait is an oval-shaped photograph, which has been indented slightly.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 88mm
  • Image width: 56mm
  • Card height: 103mm
  • Card width: 64mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • F. BACKOFEN DARMSTADT (Printed on recto, beneath image.)
  • Pfs Marie of Battenberg / later / Pfs / Erbach (Handwritten on verso in pencil.)
  • F. BACKOFEN / DARMSTADT (Printed on verso as part of logo.)
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.151 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.1931-2017

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Record createdAugust 2, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1407685/princess-marie-of-battenberg-photograph-backofen-f/
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