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Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

Photographs of Coburg 1857

Blue leather album containing albumen prints | 32.4 x 41.2 x 5.0 cm (album) | RCIN 2102815

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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

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
    Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Bavaria [Germany]
            • Coburg [Bavaria]

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Das Schlösschen'

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Die Rosenau'; The Rosenau

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Calenberg'; Callenberg at Coburg

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Calenberg'; Callenberg at Coburg

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Ketschendorf'

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Füllbach'

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Hohenstein'