Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
WILLIAM HENRY FOX TALBOT (1800-77)
Melrose Abbey
1844Salted paper print | 7.8 x 10.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2600350
Photograph showing the entrance to Melrose Abbey south transept. The entrance is closed by a wooden gate. The south transept features large Gothic arched windows. There are flying buttresses on the right hand side of the building, and along the outside of the south aisle.
Creator(s)
William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-77) (photographer)
7.8 x 10.5 cm (image)
30.6 x 23.8 cm (page dimensions)
Melrose Abbey [Sun Pictures In Scotland]
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
'Sun Pictures in Scotland' was available via subscription. In the list of subscribers, Queen Victoria is the first name listed.
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- The Borders [Scotland]
- Melrose [Scotland]
- Melrose Abbey [Scotland]
- Melrose [Scotland]
- The Borders [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Architectural design
- Buttresses
- Arches
- Gothic arches
- Architectural design
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
