Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AFTER ÉDOUARD BALDUS (1813-89)
Cathedrale d'Amiens
1890 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print made from a salted paper print original | 44 x 33.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584483
Photograph of the south portal of Notre Dame d'Amiens. The portal is decorated with full length statues of saints. The Virgin Mary is depicted on the central column. Reliefs inside and around the portal depict the life of Christ.
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)
44 x 33.8 cm (whole object)
Presented to Queen Victori and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Picardy [France]
- Somme [France]
- Amiens [Somme]
- Amiens Cathedral [France]
- Amiens [Somme]
- Somme [France]
- Picardy [France]
- 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
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Cathedrals
- Gothic architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- Places
