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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

AFTER ÉDOUARD BALDUS (1813-89)

Gare de Pontoise

1890 copy after 1855 original

Carbon print made from a salted paper print original | 31 x 44.4 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584467

Photograph of the railway station of Pontoise. There is a railway passenger carriage and two wagons on the train line, in the background. In middle distance are piles of coal, logs and other building material. There is a field of grass in the foreground. 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)

  • 31 x 44.4 cm (whole object)

  • Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Paris [France]
      • Pontoise [Paris]
    • Geography
      • Travels & exploration
        • Royal visits & tours
          • Royal visits & tours-France
            • Royal visits & tours-France 1855
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Secular architecture
          • Railway stations (architecture)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Railways
          • Railway track