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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)

Isle Adam

1890 copy after 1855 original

Carbon print made from a salted paper print original | 33 x 44.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584469

Photograph of the river Oise at L'Isle Adam, outside Paris. A weir in the middle of the river is shown, with buildings and houses on the far banks. There are punts in foreground, moored on a near bank. 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)

  • 33 x 44.3 cm (whole object)

  • Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • France
          • Île-de-France [France]
            • L'Isle Adam [France]
        • Rivers of western Europe
          • River Oise [France]
    • Geography
      • Travels & exploration
        • Royal visits & tours
          • Royal visits & tours-France
            • Royal visits & tours-France 1855
      • Physiography
        • Rivers
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs