Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Eingang zu der Festung'; Entrance to the Fortress at Coburg
1857Albumen print | 19.6 x 24.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2102845
Photograph showing the entrance to the fortress at Coburg. A guard stands at the main entrance, under the stone opening. A man leans on a wooden bridge connected to the gate.
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)
19.6 x 24.6 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]
- Veste Coburg [Coburg]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Gateways
- Gateways-Arched
- Bridges
- Gateways
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- People
- Men
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
