Portrait of Countess de MORNY

Photography

Inventory number
2021.6.7.7.PH.VI.C1870.FR
Author:
Atelier Le Jeune (French , active 1864 - 1874)
Description
Three-quarter-length photograph portrait of a woman depicted from the side leaning on a piece of furniture. She is dressed in a mourning dress with a lace shawl over the shoulders and a pair of cross shaped earrings.

The day is known as Sophie TROUBETSKOY (1836 - 1898), Russian princess, married to Charles de MORNY (1811-1865), half-brother of Napoleon III.
Materials
Analog photography
Cardboard
Origin
circa 1870 Paris, France
Dimensions
Length : 6 cm
Height : 9.5 cm