Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)

'Der Klostergarten, Reinhardsbrunn'; Cloister garden at Schloss Reinhardsbrunn

1858

Albumen print | 19.4 x 24.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102963

Photograph of the cloister garden at Schloss Reinhardsbrunn. The small formal garden has a fountain at the centre featuring a statue of a man. The garden is surrounded by trees.

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.

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Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
19.4 x 24.7 cm (image) (image)

31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)
Der Klostergarten, Reinhardsbrunn
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1858 as a birthday present for Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
  Europe
  Germany
  Thuringia [Germany]
  Gotha [Thuringia]
  Friedrichroda [Gotha]
  Schloss Reinhardsbrunn [Friedrichroda]
  Cloister garden [Schloss Reinhardsbrunn]
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
  Plastic arts
  Sculpture
  Statues
  Architecture
  Secular architecture
  Fountains
- Geography
  Physiography
  Ponds
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
  Botany
  Systematic botany
  Plants & Flowers
Object type(s)

Landscape, Nature and Architecture

'Der Klostergarten, Reinhardsbrunn'; Cloister garden at Schloss Reinhardsbrunn

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