Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Ansicht von Coburg von der Judenbrücke'; Coburg taken from the Ketchenbrücke
1857Albumen print | 18.7 x 24.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2102817
Photograph taken from the Ketchenbrücke showing the faint outline of the town of Coburg with a bridge in the foreground. Three men stand on a bridge located in the middle ground, on the left. There is a two-storey building located in the middle ground, on the right.
The title contemporary to creation stated the view was taken from Judenbrücke.
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.
The title contemporary to creation stated the view was taken from Judenbrücke.
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 24.5 cm (image)
31.5 x 38.4 cm (page dimensions)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria as a gift for Prince Albert, 1857
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Veste Coburg [Coburg]
- Ketschenbrücke [Coburg]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Bridges
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Christian church architecture
- Churches
- Christian church architecture
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- People
- Men
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
