Duleep Singh
studio of Antoine François Jean Claudet (Lyon 1797 - London 1867)
Category
Photographs
Date
1860 - 1870
Materials
Card
Measurements
Image 88 x 58 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520160
Summary
A Monochrome Albumen type carte de visite depicting a full length portrait of Duleep Singh in Indian formal dress.print is mounted on heavy white card Recto has subject's name handwritten. Verso has 'Dulceep Singh' in pencil. Also an insignia 'A. Claudet, 107, Regent Street, Photographer to Her Majesty'.
Provenance
The Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
studio of Antoine François Jean Claudet (Lyon 1797 - London 1867), photographer