Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
'Das Rathaus'; Town Hall, Gotha
1858Albumen print | 19.3 x 24.5 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102933
Photograph of the Town Hall, Gotha. The hall is in the Renaissance style and has a tower with a small cupola. There is a fountain in the courtyard in front of the hall.
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)
19.3 x 24.5 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)
Das Rathaus
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
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Fountains
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
