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Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him

Édouard Baldus (1813-89)

Itineraires et Vues du Chemin de fer du nord - Visite de sa Majeste la Reine Victoria et de son Altesse Royale le Prince Albert 18-27 Aout 1855 1855

Red leather album containing salted paper prints and carbon prints | 45 x 64 x 6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584455

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Full red leather photograph album with elaborate gilt tooling. Contains fifty photographs (RCINs 2584456-2584508) with painted title page and two maps, views and railways in northern France.

The album was presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a memento of their state visit to France from the 18th to 27th of August, 1855. The album shows landmarks on the route of the Chemin de Fer du Nord, by which they travelled between Boulogne and Paris. The Queen's description of the journey shows it was not always comfortable as 'the heat and dust, in the train, were very great - really dreadful, and I never felt hotter.' Baldus completed the photography in three days. Some of his prints, including this one of the Gare du Paris, seem to reflect national pride in a new, industrial France, rising out of the ashes of the Revolution of 1848.
  • Creator(s)

    Édouard Baldus (1813-89) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • 45 x 64 x 6 cm (whole object)

  • Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Geography
      • Travels & exploration
        • Royal visits & tours
          • Royal visits & tours-France
            • Royal visits & tours-France 1855

Édouard Baldus (1813-89)

Gare de Paris (Est)

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Train Royal

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Tuileries

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Sainte Chapelle

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Saint Denis

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Enghien

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Château de la Princesse Mathilde

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Gare d'Enghien

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Gare de Pontoise

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Eglise d'Auvers

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Isle Adam

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Chateau de Boran

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Eglise de Saint Leu

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Montataire

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Creil

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Gare de Clermont

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Ruines du Chateau de Boves

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Gare de Longueau

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Gare d'Amiens

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Amiens (Vue Générale)

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Cathedrale d'Amiens

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Cathedrale d'Amiens

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Cathedrale d'Amiens

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Cathedrale d'Amiens

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Cathedrale d'Amiens

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Cathedrale d'Amiens

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Belffroi d'Amiens

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Amiens (Sortie du Tunnel)

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Ailly sur Somme

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Ailly sur Somme

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Gare de Picquigny

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Abbaye du Gard

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Longpré

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Cathedrale d'Abbeville

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Cathedrale d'Abbeville

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Cathedrale d'Abbeville

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Eglise de Saint Riguier

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Saint Valery (Vue au Port)

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Saint Valery

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Gare d'Étaples

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Boulogne (Décoration)

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Gare de Boulogne (Pignon côté de Paris)

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Gare de Boulogne

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Boulogne (Entrée du Port)

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Boulogne (Vue du Port)

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Boulogne (Yacht Royal)

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Boulogne (Vue du Port)

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Boulogne (Vue du Port)

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Machine du Train Royal

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Wagon Royal