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A portrait of 'Queen Marie Amelie of the French'

Photograph
1860-1869 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Ghemar Freres (Photographer)
Place of origin
Brussels (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of 'Queen Marie Amelie of the French', holding a pair of gloves, standing with her arms folded.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Royalty
Portraits
Military
RPS Digitisation Project New
Object type
Photograph
TitleA portrait of 'Queen Marie Amelie of the French' (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Ghemar Freres, a portrait of 'Queen Marie Amelie of the French', albumen print, ca. 1860s
Physical description
Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of 'Queen Marie Amelie of the French', holding a pair of gloves, standing with her arms folded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 100mm
  • Width: 62mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ghemar Freres / Bruxelles' (Printed on recto, below the image.)
  • 'ATELIER DE PHOTOGRAPHIE. / GHEMAR FRERES / PHOTOGRAPHES DU ROI / 27. Rue de l'Ecuyer / Entree par las porte cochere / BRUXELLES' (Printed on verso, as part of logo.)
  • 'Queen Marie Amelie of the French' (Handwritten in pencil on verso, top.)
  • 'ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY / CATALOGUE / PART / SECTION / Nos.' (Printed sticker on verso)
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.5861-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG304 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • W. 798 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.3873-2018

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Record createdSeptember 21, 2018
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1461150/a-portrait-of-queen-marie-photograph-ghemar-freres/
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