Prince Albert used photography to document exhibitions and works of art
Francis Bedford (1815-94)
Works of Art Exhibited at Marlborough House, 1854: Morel's Agate Cup. Enamel 1854
Albumen print | 12.9 x 10.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2800163
Photograph of a cup with an agate bowl supported by an enamelled stem in the the shape of two human figures. One figure sits on the shoulders of the other. The handle is formed by a drape, held at one end by a female figure riding a sea creature and, at the other end, by a putto.
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Creator(s)
Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
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12.9 x 10.0 cm (image)
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''Morel's Agate Cup. Enamel.'
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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 [London]
- Marlborough House [London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Tableware
- Cups
- Tableware
- Home economics
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Fish
- Animals
- Zoology
- visual works
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