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FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
Enamelled Chalice by Pugin, from the Photograph album 'Specimens from Marlborough House', 1854
1854Albumen print | 17.8 x 11.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2800165
Photograph of a heavily ornate enamelled chalice resting on a table.
The chalice is by A. W. Pugin (1812-52) and was shown in the 1851 Great Exhibition.
Creator(s)
Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
After Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) (designer)
Subject(s)
Edward Welby Pugin (1834-75)17.8 x 11.6 cm (image)
'Enamelled Chalice by Pugin'
- Commissioned by Henry Cole. Later acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- Marlborough House [London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Decorative motifs
- Quatrefoils
- Decorative motifs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
