Prince Albert used photography to document exhibitions and works of art
Robert Howlett (1831-58)
Fresco by Consoni, in the Promenade Gallery, Buckingham Palace 1856
Albumen print | 10.3 x 24.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2101935
Photograph of a fresco by Consoni depicting five putti playing leap-frog. On the centre-right of the fresco is a depiction of a harp hanging from a tree. Fresco 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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10.3 x 24.5 cm (image)
27.5 x 45.0 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
- Harps
- Musical instruments
- Art
- People
- Putti
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Packaging
- Containers
- Vessels (containers)
- Urns
- Vessels (containers)
- Containers
- Packaging
- Engineering & Technology
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- visual works
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