Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AFTER GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)
On the Thames at Greenwich. Arrival of the boat
c. 1862Albumen print | 7.9 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2320191
Photograph of the riverside at Greenwich in London, with passengers embarking a steam boat, the funnel of which can be seen on the right side. The masts of ships can be seen in the background with other smaller boats on the river. A lamppost stands on the left in the foreground. This photograph was reviewed in the Photographic News in March 1863.
Greenwich is one of five boroughs of the London Docklands which constituted the Port of London, once considered the largest in the world.
Greenwich is one of five boroughs of the London Docklands which constituted the Port of London, once considered the largest in the world.
Creator(s)
After George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Great Britain7.9 x 7.1 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
- From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort, between 1860 and 1861
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- Greenwich [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of southern England and south Wales
- River Thames
- Rivers of southern England and south Wales
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Ships
- Sailing ships
- Boats
- Steam boats
- Ferryboats
- Ships
- Vessels (marine)
- Engineering & Technology
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
