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A portrait of Queen Margherita of Italy

Photograph
1870-1879 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Montabone (photographer)
Place of origin
Turin (city) (photographed)

Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of Queen Margherita of Italy. Head and shoulders portrait.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
The Royal Photographic Society
Portraits
Royalty
Object type
Photograph
TitleA portrait of Queen Margherita of Italy (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen photograph mounted on card.
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Montabone, a portrait of Queen Margherita of Italy, albumen print, ca. 1870s
Physical description
Carte-de-visite depicting a portrait of Queen Margherita of Italy. Head and shoulders portrait.
Dimensions
  • Height: 105mm
  • Width: 63mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'MONTABONE / FOTOGRAFO DI S.M. / TORINO / 47, via della Rocca, 47' (Printed on verso, as part of logo.)
    Translation
    'MONTABONE / PHOTOGRAPHER OF S.M. / TORINO / 47, via della Rocca, 47'
  • 'MONTABONE' (Printed on recto, below the image.)
  • 'Crown / [unreadable because cropped off] (Handwritten in pencil 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.
Object history
She is Margherita, Queen of Italy (1851-1926), daughter of Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa and consort of Umberto I, King of Italy.
Associated object
PROV.5861-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other number
XRG303 - RPS collection - V&A identifier
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.196-2019

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1469682/a-portrait-of-queen-margherita-photograph-montabone/
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