Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Falkenstein'; Falkenstein, a rock formation in the Thuringian Forest
1858Albumen print | 19.7 x 24.4 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102979
Photograph of Falkenstein, a rock formation in the Thuringian Forest near Gotha. The large rock is at the top of a mountain to the right. There is a lake in the foreground and the hillside behind is covered with dense forest.
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.
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)
19.7 x 24.4 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)
Falkenstein
Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1858 as a birthday present for Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Falkenstein [Thuringia]
- Thuringian Forest [Germany]
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
- Geography
- Physiography
- Lakes
- Mountains
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
