Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Der Schlosshof'; The Old Court of the Palace at Coburg
1857Albumen print | 19.6 x 24.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2102825
Photograph showing the old court of the Palace at Coburg.
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)
19.6 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]
- Ehrenburg Palace [Coburg]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Home economics
- Furniture & accessories
- Tables
- Furniture & accessories
- Home economics
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
