Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AFTER ÉDOUARD BALDUS (1813-89)
Boulogne (Décoration)
1890 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print made from a salted paper print original | 23.8 x 39.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584499
Photograph of Boulogne railway station, taken through a triumphal arch. The arch is decorated with banners and a sculpture of an angel. It is likely the arch was erected for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's visit.
This photograph is part of an album of prints presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a memento of their state visit to France from 18-27 August 1855
Creator(s)
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
23.8 x 39.8 cm (whole object)
- Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Boulogne-sur-Mer [Pas-de-Calais]
- France
- Europe
- Geography
- Travels & exploration
- Royal visits & tours
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours-France 1855
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours
- Travels & exploration
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Triumphal arches
- Railway stations (architecture)
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
