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    Hand-colored albumen portrait of Princess Dagmar

    Photograph by
    Unidentified
    Subject of
    Empress Feodorovna, Maria, Danish, 1847 - 1928
    Owned by
    Howland, Emily, American, 1827 - 1929
    Date
    1860-1870
    Medium
    albumen and silver on photographic paper on card mount
    Dimensions
    H x W (Image): 3 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (9.2 × 5.9 cm)
    H x W (Image on Mount): 4 × 2 3/8 in. (10.1 × 6 cm)
    Description
    A hand-colored albumen print of Mari¯i?a? F?eodorovna, or Princess Dagmar, shown in bust portrait. Her body is facing with her left side foremost and her head is turned to the front. Her hair is gathered in a snood behind her head with a gold band and a red bow on top of her head. She wears an evening gown with a ruffled yoke that is painted red with green ribbons. She wears several strands of pearls around her neck.
    Handwritten in graphite along the bottom of the print is the text "Sister of Princess of Wales". Printed in ink below the print is the text "PRINCESS DAGMAR".
    The print is housed in the album 2017.30. The album page has a triple-lined, gold border framing the print. Handwritten in graphite inside the bottom border of the printed frame of the album page is the text "Princess Dagmar".
    Place depicted
    Denmark, Europe
    Collection title
    Emily Howland Photograph Album
    Classification
    Media Arts-Photography
    Memorabilia and Ephemera
    Type
    albumen prints
    portraits
    Topic
    International affairs
    Photography
    Credit Line
    Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture shared with the Library of Congress
    Object number
    2017.30.30
    Restrictions & Rights
    Public domain
    Usage
    CC0
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    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d54254ed-1ae6-4f76-9236-c7da31382627
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