Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
'Die neue Sternwarte'; Observatory, Gotha
1858Albumen print | 24.8 x 19.7 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102947
Photograph of an observatory in Gotha. The stone building has two storeys and a small tower. There is a fence in front of it.
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)
24.8 x 19.7 cm (image) (image)
38.5 x 31.5 cm (page dimensions)
Die neue Sternwarte
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1858 as a birthday present for Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Buildings for educational, scientific & cultural purposes
- Observatories
- Buildings for educational, scientific & cultural purposes
- Architecture
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Gotha [Thuringia]
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
