Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery

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Artist/Maker	Bassano, Alexander (photographer)
Place of origin	London (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a three-quarter length portrait of a young woman. She is identified as Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery (1851-1890), daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild who inherited her father's fortune in 1874 and became the richest woman in Britain. She married Archibald, Earl of Rosebery in 1878.

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Categories	Photographs Portraits The Royal Photographic Society RPS Digitisation Project
Object type	Photograph
Title	Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Albumen photograph mounted on card. Photographic Paper Albumen Process Photography
Brief description	Photograph by Alexander Bassano, Portrait of Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery, albumen print, 1870s.
Physical description	Carte-de-visite depicting a three-quarter length portrait of a young woman. She is identified as Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery (1851-1890), daughter of Baron Mayer de Rothschild who inherited her father's fortune in 1874 and became the richest woman in Britain. She married Archibald, Earl of Rosebery in 1878.
Dimensions	Image height: 89mm Image width: 54mm Card height: 102mm Card width: 62mm
Marks and inscriptions	BASSANO 72 PICCADILLY (Printed on recto, beneath image.) Hannah / Cts of / Rosebery (Handwritten on verso in pencil.) PHOTOGRAPHED BY / ALEXANDER BASSANO / 72 PICCADILLY / LONDON COPIES OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH MAY / ALWAYS BE OBTAINED. (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.159 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.1974-2017

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Record created	August 3, 2017
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1407878/hannah-primrose-countess-of-rosebery-photograph-bassano-alexander/

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