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Francis Bedford (1815-94)
Works of Art Exhibited at Marlborough House, 1854: One of Two Panels from Martinengo's Tomb at Brescia 1854
Albumen print | 19.2 x 5.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2800235
Photograph of a rectangular panel in a wooden frame. The panel is decorated with scrolls featuring plants and mythological figures arranged symmetrically along the central axis. The central axis consists of urns and vases on pedestals. The medallion at bottom shows St George killing the dragon. It is numbered `1582' towards the base.
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Creator(s)
View person pageFrancis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
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19.2 x 5.8 cm (image)
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'Two Panels from Martinengo's Tomb at Brescia'
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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
- Italy
- Lombardy
- Brescia [Italy]
- Lombardy
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Zoology
- Animals
- Birds
- Mythical creatures
- Mermaids
- Animals
- Botany
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Funerary architecture
- Tombs
- Funerary architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Plastic arts
- Numismatics
- Medallions
- Numismatics
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Side arms (weapons)
- Swords
- Side arms (weapons)
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
- visual works
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