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Prince Albert encouraged his children’s interest in photography

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)

View of a cannon c. 1860

Albumen print | 7.0 x 7.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2917600

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Photograph of a cannon. There are trees in the background.

This may be a canon which, at the time this photograph was taken, was sited at Chanak fort on the waterway known as the Dardanelles in Turkey, along with the cannon depicted in RCIN 2917601.

  • Creator(s)

    Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)

  • 7.0 x 7.5 cm (image)

  • From an album of photographs taken and arranged by Prince Alfred

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
    Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Gun Carriages
              • Cannon Carriages
    • Places
      • Asia
        • Turkey