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ATTRIBUTED TO JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)
Picea pinsapo [sic]. Planted by H.M. the Queen on Her Majesty's 30th birthday, 24th May 1849, at the edge of the Carriage Drive, near the Mound, Osborne.
c.1873Carbon print | 20.8 x 18.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2102480
Photograph of a fir tree, sometimes known as a Abes pinsapo, or Picea pinsapo tree, at the edge of the Carriage Drive, near the Mound, Osborne. A man stands to the right of the tree, facing away from the camera.
The tree was planted by Queen Victoria on her 30th birthday.
The tree was planted by Queen Victoria on her 30th birthday.
Creator(s)
Attributed to Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (photographer)
20.8 x 18.0 cm (image)
26.3 x 31.2 cm (page dimensions)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Isle of Wight [England]
- Osborne Estate [Isle of Wight]
- Isle of Wight [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Spruces
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- People
- Men
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- Places
