Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Aimé Civiale (1821-93)
La Durance au hameau des fontaines 1859-68
Poitevin process | 26.2 x 35.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2370831
Photograph of a spa hamlet as seen across the Durance River, which flows over boulders in the foreground. The settlement populates the right half of the frame. On the right a road ascends from the settlement towards the mountainside rising in the background.
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Creator(s)
Aimé Civiale (1821-93) (artist)
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26.2 x 35.6 cm (image)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- albums
Subject(s)
- Places
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Rivers of western Europe
- Var, River [France]
- Rhône, River [France]
- Durance, River [France]
- Rhône, River [France]
- Var, River [France]
- Rivers of western Europe
- Mountains
- The Alps (mountains)
- Rivers
- Physiography
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Baths
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- visual works
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