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Robert Howlett (1831-58)
Fresco by Consoni, in the Promenade Gallery, Buckingham Palace 1856
Albumen print | 10.1 x 24.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2101928
Photograph of a fresco by Consoni, showing a group of putti. One of the putti plays a horn. In the centre, a putto is seated on a lion-like creature, with a drinking vessel in his raised left hand. The fresco is located in the Promenade (East) Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
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Creator(s)
Robert Howlett (1831-58) (photographer)
After Nicola Consoni (1814-84) (artist)
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10.1 x 24.2 cm (image)
27.5 x 44.8 cm (page dimensions)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- Buckingham Palace
- East Gallery [Buckingham Palace]
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Art
- Paintings
- Frescoes
- Paintings
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Brass instruments
- Horns (musical instruments)
- Brass instruments
- Musical instruments
- Art
- People
- Putti
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mythical creatures
- Animals
- Botany
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Horticulture
- Grapes
- Horticulture
- Agriculture and related techniques
- visual works
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