Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89)
Cathedrale d'Amiens 1890 copy after 1855 original
Carbon print made from a salted paper print original | 44.8 x 33.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584482
Photograph of the south portal of Notre Dame d'Amiens. The portal is decorated with full length statues of saints, and quatrefoils (design consisting of four overlapping circles), some of which contains reliefs depicting saints.
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
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Creator(s)
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
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44.8 x 33.8 cm (whole object)
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Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
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
- visual works
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