Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Das Mausoleum im Hofgarten; The Mausoleum in the Hofgarten at Coburg
1857Albumen print | 18.8 x 24.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2102839
Photograph of the mausoleum in the Hofgarten at Coburg. There are two sculptures of sphinxes in front of the entrance to the mausoleum. The sculptures are partially hidden by plants. The mausoleum is surrounded by trees.
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.
Creator(s)
Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
18.8 x 24.6 cm (image)
31.5 x 38.4 cm (page dimensions)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria as a gift for Prince Albert, 1857
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Hofgarten [Coburg]
- Mausoleum [Hofgarten]
- Hofgarten [Coburg]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Funerary architecture
- Mausoleums
- Funerary architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
