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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

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

FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)

'Der Marstall'; The Duke's Stables at Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha

1858

Albumen print | 19.5 x 24.4 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102948

Photograph of the Duke's Stables at Schloss Friedenstein. The stone building has Gothic details and a clock tower. There is a driveway in the foreground.

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)

  • 19.5 x 24.4 cm (image) (image)

    31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)

  • Der Marstall

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1858 as a birthday present for Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Stables
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Thuringia [Germany]
            • Gotha [Thuringia]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs