Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Francis Bedford (1815-94)
'Aussicht von dem Thurme der Moritz-Kirche'; The Market Place at Coburg taken from the Church of St Maurice 1857
Albumen print | 19.4 x 24.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2102819
Photograph of a view taken from the tower of the Church of St Maurice showing the market place of the town of Coburg and the buildings that surround it.
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.
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.
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Creator(s)
View person pageFrancis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
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19.4 x 24.1 cm (image)
31.5 x 38.4 cm (page dimensions)
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Commissioned by Queen Victoria as a gift for Prince Albert, 1857
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Marketplaces
- Buildings
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Construction
- Structural parts of buildings
- Roofs
- Structural parts of buildings
- Construction
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- visual works
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