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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
1854Albumen print | 19.1 x 5.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2800234
Photograph of a rectangular panel in a wooden frame. The panel features carved scrolls arranged symmetrically along a central axis that depicts urns, putti and a bucranium (skull of an ox). The medallion at bottom shows a man killing a stag with a spear. It is numbered `2580' towards the base.
Creator(s)
Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
19.1 x 5.9 cm (image)
'Two Panels from Martinengo's Tomb at Brescia'
- Commissioned by Henry Cole. Later acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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
- Italy
- Lombardy [Italy]
- Brescia [Lombardy]
- Lombardy [Italy]
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Flowering plants
- Systematic botany
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Deer
- Red deer
- Stags (male deer)
- Red deer
- Deer
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- Botany
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Funerary architecture
- Tombs
- Funerary architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Plastic arts
- Numismatics
- Medallions
- Numismatics
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Brass instruments
- Horns (musical instruments)
- Brass instruments
- Musical instruments
- Architecture
- People
- Children
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
