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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

ATTRIBUTED TO JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Keeper's Cottage, King's Quay, Osborne

c.1873

Carbon print | 19.7 x 21.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2102459

Photograph of a view of the Keeper's Cottage, King's Quay, Osborne. Two ladies stand by the house. The view is framed by a garden in the foreground and trees on either side of the building.
  • Creator(s)

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

  • 19.7 x 21.2 cm (image)

    26.4 x 31.2 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                • King's Quay-Keeper's Cottage [Osborne Estate]
    • People
      • Women
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs