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Identification and Creation

Object Number
P1982.359.79
People
Mary Georgiana Caroline Cecil Filmer, British (1838-1903)
W. & D. Downey, British (active 1860s-1914)
André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri, French (Paris, France 1819 - 1889 Paris, France)
Mondel & Jacob, German (active mid- to late-19th century)
Title
Untitled (six photographs, center trimmed to oval, clockwise from upper left, Johan Prince of Glucksburg; Alexandra, Princess of Wales; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales; three unidentified children; verso: nine photographs, clockwise from upper left, Colonel White; Edward Hussey, Esq.; Sir Hope Palmer; Hon. Flora Hood; Lady Cotterell; Lady Constance Howard; Mrs. Dalrymple; Lady Susan Vane Tempest; center, Lady Edwin Hill Sandys)
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
album page, photograph
Date
1862-1888
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/317555

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Album page with six albumen silver prints; verso: nine albumen silver prints.
Technique
Albumen silver print
Dimensions
28.9 x 23.2 cm (11 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Sitter's names are inscribed in ink and graphite.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Seiden & de Cuevas, Inc., New York, NY, purchased from Christie's, 1978, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1982. On Long Term Loan to the Fogg Art Museum from 1978 to 1982

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Melvin R. Seiden
Object Number
P1982.359.79
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Sitter information:

Recto:

Johann Prince of Glucksburg, 1863. HRH Prince Johann (Hans) (5 December 1825-27 May 1911). Sixth son of Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg. The fourth son of Duke Friedrich became Christian IX of Denmark. Prince Johann was an uncle of Alexandra, Princess of Wales. [W.D. Downey photograph]

Alexandra, Princess of Wales (1844-1925). The signature on the photograph may be the Princess's autograph. [Disderi photograph].

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910). The signature on the photograph may be the Prince's autograph. [Mondel & Jacob photograph]

Three unidentified children

Verso:

Colonel Adolphus White

Edward Hussey, Esq.

Sir Hope Palmer

Honorable Flora Hood

Lady Cotterell. Honorable Margaret (d. 22 May 1896) daughter of Genral Airey, 1st Baron Airey. She married on 14 September 1865, Sir Geers Henry Cotterell 3rd Baronet. He died 17 March 1900.

Lady Constance Howard (d. 15 April 1910). Eldest daughter of the Earl of Winchilsea. She married the Honorable Frederick Howard (d. 26 October 1893), second son of the 2nd Earl of Effingham on 3 June 1871.

Lady Susan Vane Tempest (d. 11 June 1874). Only daughter of the 5th Duke of Newcastle. Married 23 April 1869 to Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest (d. 6 September 1875) third son of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry.

Lady Edwin Hill Sandys


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