Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Das Palais'; Prince Palace, Gotha
1858Albumen print | 19.4 x 23.9 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102920
Photograph of the Prince Palace in Gotha. The main part of the building has a small central pediment and a porch with sentry boxes to either side. There is a three storey wing to the left and a greenhouse to the right.
Knowing of Prince Albert's love for his old home, Queen Victoria commissioned a set of photographs of Gotha to be given to Prince Albert as a birthday present on 26 August 1858. They were to accompany the set of Coburg photographs she had given him for his birthday the year before. According to the Queen's journal, Prince Albert was 'particularly delighted' with them.
Knowing of Prince Albert's love for his old home, Queen Victoria commissioned a set of photographs of Gotha to be given to Prince Albert as a birthday present on 26 August 1858. They were to accompany the set of Coburg photographs she had given him for his birthday the year before. According to the Queen's journal, Prince Albert was 'particularly delighted' with them.
Creator(s)
Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Army-Germany19.4 x 23.9 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)
Das Palais
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1858 as a birthday present for Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Gotha [Thuringia]
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Bird cages
- Animal husbandry
- Agriculture and related techniques
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
