Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Die Schweizerei'; The Swiss Cottage at Rosenau Palace
1857Albumen print | 18.6 x 24.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2102860
Photograph showing the Swiss Cottage at Rosenau Palace, Coburg. There is a meadow in the foreground. Rosenau Palace was the birthplace and childhood home of Prince Albert.
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)
18.6 x 24.2 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]
- The Rosenau [Coburg]
- Swiss Cottage [The Rosenau]
- The Rosenau [Coburg]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Flowering plants
- Daisies
- Systematic botany
- Botany
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
