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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

ATTRIBUTED TO JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

Orange tree in Kitchen-garden, Osborne

c.1873

Carbon print | 19.0 x 22.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2102472

Photograph of an orange tree, growing in espalier fashion, in the Kitchen Garrden, Osborne.
  • Creator(s)

    Attributed to Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (photographer)

  • 19.0 x 22.5 cm (image)

    26.4 x 31.3 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
            • Orange trees
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
                • Osborne House
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Gardening
          • Gardens
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs