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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

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ATTRIBUTED TO JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Keeper's Cottage at Alverstone, Osborne

c.1873

Carbon print | 17.8 x 21.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2102452

Photograph of a view of the Keeper's Cottage at Alverstone, Osborne. The Keeper stands on a path by the cottage, holding a gun over his right shoulder. A boy leans on a pole supporting the verandah by the doorway to the house. A dog lies at the boy's feet.
  • Creator(s)

    Attributed to Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (photographer)

  • 17.8 x 21.3 cm (image)

    26.4 x 31.3 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                • Alverstone-Keeper's Cottage [Osborne Estate]
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Firearms
              • Guns
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Dogs
      • Construction
        • Structural parts of buildings
          • Doors
            • Gates
    • People
      • Boys
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs