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Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

Photographs of Gotha 1858

Blue leather album containing albumen prints | 32.3 x 41.3 x 5.7 cm (album) (album) | RCIN 2102917

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Blue leather album containing photographs (RCINs 2102918 - 2102980 and 2102876) of Gotha and the surrounding area by Francis Bedford. Photographs of Gotha is embossed in gold on the spine and there is marbled paper on the inside cover.

Knowing of Prince Albert's love for his old home, Queen Victoria commissioned a set of photographs of Gotha to be given to Prince Albert as a birthday present on 26 August 1858. They were to accompany the set of Coburg photographs she had given him for his birthday the year before. According to the Queen's journal, Prince Albert was 'particularly delighted' with them.

  • Creator(s)

    Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)

  • 32.3 x 41.3 x 5.7 cm (album) (album)

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1858 as a birthday present for Prince Albert

  • Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
    Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Thuringia [Germany]
            • Gotha [Thuringia]
              • Schloss Friedenstein [Gotha]
              • Schloss Friedrichsthal [Gotha]
              • Friedrichroda [Gotha]
                • Schloss Reinhardsbrunn [Friedrichroda]
              • Schwartzwald [Germany]
            • Erfurt [Germany]
              • Schloss Molsdorf [Germany]
            • Schnepfenthal [Germany]
            • Waltershausen [Germany]
              • Schloss Tenneberg [Waltershausen]
            • Oberhof [Germany]
            • Falkenstein [Thuringia]
          • Bavaria [Germany]
            • Triefenstein [Germany]
          • Thuringian Forest [Germany]

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Das Palais'; Prince Palace, Gotha

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Das Ministerium'; Ministry, Gotha

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Das Theater'; Theatre, Gotha

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Das Theater'; Theatre, Gotha

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Das Rathaus'; Town Hall, Gotha

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Im Park'; Park in Gotha

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Im Park'; Park in Gotha

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Siebleben'; Siebleben, Gotha

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Schnepfenthal'

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Friedrichsrode'

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Schwartzwald'

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Oberhof'; Forest around Oberhof

Francis Bedford (1815-94)

'Oberhof'