Prince Albert used photography to document exhibitions and works of art
Francis Bedford (1815-94)
Works of Art Exhibited at Marlborough House, 1854: Ebony and Ivory Casket. Top and Front 1854
Albumen print | 6.9 x 13.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2800227
Photograph of the front of an ebony and ivory casket with metal edging on every corner, two metal hinges along the base and a lock hinge. The ebony panels have swirling floral pattern in ivory.
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Creator(s)
View person pageFrancis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
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6.9 x 13.8 cm (image)
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'Ebony and Ivory Casket. Top and Front'; Front view of ebony and ivory casket'
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Commissioned by Henry Cole. Later 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
- Marlborough House [London]
- City of Westminster
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Packaging
- Containers
- Caskets
- Containers
- Packaging
- Industries, Crafts and Trades
- Ironmongery
- Locks (ironmongery)
- Ironmongery
- Engineering & Technology
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Ebony (tree)
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- visual works
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