Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Francis Bedford (1815-94)
'Das Kelschenthor [sic] und Augustenstift'; Augustan Buildings in Coburg 1857
Albumen print | 18.2 x 23.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2102836
!['Das Kelschenthor [sic] und Augustenstift'; Augustan Buildings in Coburg](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/0/329503-1350315623.jpg?itok=3eyOJCDL "'Das Kelschenthor [sic] und Augustenstift'; Augustan Buildings in Coburg")
Photograph showing Augustian buildings in Coburg including a bell tower with a gateway to the left.
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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18.2 x 23.7 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]
- Ketschenthor [Coburg]
- Augustenstift [Coburg]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Gateways
- Gateways-Arched
- Gateways
- Buildings
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- visual works
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