Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
ROGER FENTON (1819-69)
Interior view of Windsor Castle, the Round Tower
1860Albumen print | 33.1 x 43.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2100046
Photograph of Windsor Castle, taken from the Lower Ward showing, from left to right, St. George's Chapel, the Round Tower, King Henry III Tower and the Military Knights residences. Two Guardsmen stand on the path outside the chapel, facing the viewer.
Fenton made a series of over thirty views of Windsor Castle and its surroundings in the summer of 1860. This view looks towards the Round Tower and includes St George’s Chapel on the left. Two guardsmen from the Coldstream Guards remind us that the castle was then – as now – a fully occupied royal residence with a military guard.
Fenton made a series of over thirty views of Windsor Castle and its surroundings in the summer of 1860. This view looks towards the Round Tower and includes St George’s Chapel on the left. Two guardsmen from the Coldstream Guards remind us that the castle was then – as now – a fully occupied royal residence with a military guard.
Creator(s)
Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)
33.1 x 43.5 cm (image)
43.1 x 56.9 cm (mount)
Interior View: The Round Tower
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
- St George's Chapel [Windsor Castle]
- South Front [St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
- Mary Tudor Tower [Windsor Castle]
- Henry III Tower [Windsor Castle]
- St George's Chapel [Windsor Castle]
- Middle Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Round Tower [Windsor Castle]
- Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
