Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)
Photographs of Coburg
1857Blue leather album containing albumen prints | 32.4 x 41.2 x 5.0 cm (album) | RCIN 2102815
Album containing photographs of Coburg by Francis Bedford (RCINs 2102816-2102875). The photographs were commissioned by Queen Victoria to be presented to her husband Prince Albert on his birthday in August 1857. Bedford, accompanied by his wife, travelled to Coburg in June and early July to photograph the places associated with the Prince's childhood.
Creator(s)
Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)
32.4 x 41.2 x 5.0 cm (album)
- Commissioned by Queen Victoria as a gift for Prince Albert, 1857
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Germany
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Coburg [Bavaria]
- Bavaria [Germany]
- Germany
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- albums
- Places
