Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AFTER ÉDOUARD BALDUS (1813-89)
Eglise de Saint Riguier
1890 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print made from a salted paper print original | 44.7 x 34 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584495
Photograph of the abbey of Saint-Riguier, near Abbeville. The abbey's Gothic architecture indicates the building was built in the 15th and 16th centuries. The front is richly decorated, surmounted by a square tower. On the right side of the photograph is an 18th-century building of three stories. On the left is a shop with a sign reading ''Debit de Tabac'.
This photograph is part of an album of prints presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a memento of their state visit to France from 18-27 August 1855
Creator(s)
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
44.7 x 34 cm (whole object)
Presented by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Picardy [France]
- Saint-Riquier [Picardy, France]
- Picardy [France]
- France
- Europe
- Geography
- Travels & exploration
- Royal visits & tours
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours-France 1855
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours
- Travels & exploration
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Gothic architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Abbeys
- Architecture
- Places
