Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
'Friedrichsthal'; Schloss Friedrichsthal, Gotha
1858Albumen print | 18.2 x 24.4 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102922
Photograph of Schloss Friedrichsthal in Gotha. The building is in the French Baroque style with three storeys and a central pediment. There is a fence in front of the palace.
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)
18.2 x 24.4 cm (image) (image)
31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)
Friedrichsthal
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1858 as a birthday present for Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Gotha [Thuringia]
- Schloss Friedrichsthal [Gotha]
- Gotha [Thuringia]
- Thuringia [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
