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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 Longueau

1890 copy after 1855 original

Carbon print made from a salted paper print original | 32 x 44.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584476

Photograph of the railway station of Longueau. The station has a pitched roof, a large glazed window above the entrance into station, round windows on either side of the building and decorative brickwork on façade. There is a small, low building located beside the station. The railway line extends from the lower right foreground, to the centre, left, background. 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)

  • 32 x 44.3 cm (whole object)

  • Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • France
          • Picardy [France]
            • Longueau [France]
    • 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