Desideria, née Desirée Clary (1777–1860), Queen of Sweden and Norway, on her Deathbed, 1860

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DatesMade: Made 1860-12-17

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 8,4 x 10 cm h x w: Mått 13,3 x 16,6 cm [monterad på tunn kartong]

Inventory numberNMGrh 4836

Other titlesTitle (sv): Desideria, f. Desirée Clary (1777–1860), drottning av Sverige och Norge, på dödsbädden, 1860 Title (en): Desideria, née Desirée Clary (1777–1860), Queen of Sweden and Norway, on her Deathbed, 1860 Previous: Desideria, f. Desirée Clary, (1777-1860), drottning av Sverige och Norge, på dödsbädden

DescriptionDescription: Carleman was one of the earliest in Sweden to work with negatives, from which multiple prints could be made, a method he had studied in Düsseldorf in 1853–54. When Dowager Queen Desideria died on 17 December 1860, Carleman was summoned to portray her on her deathbed. She had refused to be photographed in her lifetime, but now the family clearly wanted images to remember her by. According to court accounts, 18 prints of the portrait were ordered.

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