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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)

'Die Orangerie'; Orangery of Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha

1858

Albumen print | 19.3 x 24.9 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102926

Photograph of the Orangery of Schloss Friedenstein, Gotha. The Orangery, on the left, has tall windows on the ground floor. There is a garden with rows of trees in front of it and another building to the right.

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)

  • 19.3 x 24.9 cm (image) (image)

    31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)

  • Die Orangerie

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Thuringia [Germany]
            • Gotha [Thuringia]
              • Schloss Friedenstein [Gotha]
                • Orangeries [Schloss Friedenstein]
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs