Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89)
Longpré 1890 copy after 1855 original
Carbon print made from a salted paper print original | 31.7 x 40.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584491
Photograph of the village of Long-sur-Somme, seen from the river lock. There are numerous houses on the other side of the canal. The church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste is visible in the background, on the left, distinguished by its spire.
This photograph is part of an album of prints presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a memento of their state visit to France from 18-27 August 1855
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Creator(s)
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
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31.7 x 40.2 cm (whole object)
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Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Picardy [France]
- Somme [France]
- Long [Somme]
- Somme [France]
- Picardy [France]
- France
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Rivers of western Europe
- Somme, River [France]
- Rivers of western Europe
- Rivers
- Europe
- Geography
- Travels & exploration
- Royal visits & tours
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours-France 1855
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours
- Travels & exploration
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Canals
- Engineering & Technology
- visual works
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