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Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Ansicht von Coburg von dem Adamiberge'; Coburg taken from the Adamiberge 1857

Albumen print | 18.7 x 24.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2102816

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Photograph taken from the Adamiberge showing the town of Coburg with trees in the foreground.

This is one of a series of photographs that were commissioned by Queen Victoria to be presented to her husband Prince Albert on his birthday in August 1857. Bedford, accompanied by his wife, travelled to Coburg in June and early July to photograph the places associated with the Prince's childhood.
  • Creator(s)

    Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)

  • 18.7 x 24.3 cm (image)

    31.5 x 38.4 cm (page dimensions)

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria as a gift for Prince Albert, 1857

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
    Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Bavaria [Germany]
            • Coburg [Bavaria]
              • Veste Coburg [Coburg]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Buildings
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Construction
        • Structural parts of buildings
          • Roofs
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees