Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen
Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen

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Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen,

ca. 1865

Budtz Müller & Co., active 1860s
2004-402

Information

Title
Portrait of Hans Christian Andersen
Dates

ca. 1865

Maker
Budtz Müller & Co.
Medium
Albumen carte-de-visite print
Dimensions
7.6 x 5.4 cm. (3 x 2 1/8 in.) mount: 10 x 6.2 cm. (3 15/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carlton Willers
Object Number
2004-402
Inscription
Printed in ink, recto bottom: KGL.HOFFOTOGRAF BUDTZ MÜLLER & Co. / KJÖBENHAUN. Inscribed in pencil, recto lower right: 3 Inscribed in pencil, verso top: Han Christian / Andersen Inscribed in pencil, verso bottom: H.C. Anderson Printed in ink on verso: a lengthy boilerplate containing information about Budtz Müller & Co.
Culture
Danish
Type
photographs, cartes-de-visite, albumen prints, black-and-white photographs
Subject
portraits, men

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