Leather case containing portrait of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) c. 1855
Leather case containing ambrotype | 7.6 x 6.1 x 1.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 53247
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Small maroon leather photograph case containing an ambrotype of a painting of Queen Victoria. The case is decorated with gilt lines on the outside and closed with a clasp. The case open to reveal a chased gilt metal frame containing the ambrotype on the left and a red, velvet interior on the right.
The painting photographed depicts Queen Victoria at the opera by Edmund Thomas Parris. A drawing of the work exists in the Royal Collection, RCIN 917912.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Medium and techniques
Leather case containing ambrotype
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7.6 x 6.1 x 1.6 cm (whole object)
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