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Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68)
'Enamelled Box' c. 1855
Albumen print? | RCIN 2864547
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68)
'Enamelled Box' c. 1855
Photograph of a painted enamel casket at an agnle. The objects is part of the collection of the Louvre, Paris (MR R 81). Its front side depicts the Royal Arms of England with the tree lions, flanked by two Arms of France Ancient or Azure semé-de-lis. The right side shows the two distinct arms side by side. An engraved inscriptions runs along the rim of the lid.
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Creator(s)
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Packaging
- Containers
- Caskets
- Containers
- Packaging
- Engineering & Technology
- Genealogy and Heraldry
- Heraldry
- Coats of arms
- Coats of arms-Royal
- Coats of arms-Royal House of France
- Coats of arms-Royal House of Great Britain
- Coats of arms-Royal
- Coats of arms
- Heraldry
- visual works
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