Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77)
Hall Door, Abbotsford 1844
Salted paper print | 16.8 x 21.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2600332
![Hall Door, Abbotsford [Sun Pictures In Scotland]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/e/e/805171-1533832274.jpg?itok=QMPJrBRP "Hall Door, Abbotsford [Sun Pictures In Scotland]")
Photograph showing Abbotford House porch. The view depicts a stone entranceway with a pair of turrets with conical roof caps. There is a roped carving and coat-of-arms in the centre of the photograph, above the archway.
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Creator(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) (photographer)
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16.8 x 21.1 cm (image)
30.6 x 23.8 cm (page dimensions)
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Hall Door, Abbotsford [Sun Pictures In Scotland]
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
'Sun Pictures in Scotland' was available via subscription. In the list of subscribers, Queen Victoria is the first name listed.
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- The Borders [Scotland]
- Abbotsford [Borders]
- Abbotsford House
- Abbotsford [Borders]
- The Borders [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Gardening
- Gardens
- Gardening
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Gateways
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Genealogy and Heraldry
- Heraldry
- Coats of arms
- Heraldry
- visual works
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