Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Die Fasanerie. (Calenberg)'; The Pheasantry at Callenberg
1857Albumen print | 19.6 x 24.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2102867
Photograph showing the pheasantry building at Callenberg. The building is decorated with antlers. There is a man standing below the entrance porch with a gun strapped across his body.
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 24.8 cm (image)
31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria as a gift for Prince Albert, 1857
Subject(s)
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Zoology
- Animal physiology
- Antlers
- Animal physiology
- Zoology
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Biological sciences
- People
- Men
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Military engineering
- Arms (weapons)
- Firearms
- Guns
- Firearms
- Arms (weapons)
- Military engineering
- Engineering & Technology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
