Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89)
Eglise de Saint Leu 1890 copy after 1855 original
Carbon print made from a salted paper print original | 32.5 x 44.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584471
Photograph of the Church in Saint-Leu-d'Esserent, near Paris, seen from the railway line. It is a gothic style building with flying buttresses, twin towers on either side at the east end which also has a chevette or ring of chapels and a spire tower at the west end. Houses and buildings surround the church.
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
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Creator(s)
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
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32.5 x 44.4 cm (whole object)
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Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Christian church architecture
- Churches
- Christian church architecture
- Gothic architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- Geography
- Travels & exploration
- Royal visits & tours
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours-France 1855
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours
- Travels & exploration
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Picardy [France]
- Saint-Leu-d'Esserent [France]
- Picardy [France]
- France
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Railways
- Railway track
- Railways
- Engineering & Technology
- visual works
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