Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AFTER JOHN THOMAS (1813-62)
Prince Consort's Arms
1860Albumen print | 28.3 x 36.6 cm (page dimensions) | RCIN 2160099
Photograph of a marble bas relief of the Prince Consort's Arms, as shown over the grand entrance at Balmoral Castle. The arms depict a lion and unicorn supporting the Royal Standard that is surrounded by garter reading: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense. The letters A P stand on either side of the standard.
Creator(s)
After John Thomas (1813-62) (sculptor)
28.3 x 36.6 cm (page dimensions)
10.2 x 12.5 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Genealogy and Heraldry
- Heraldry
- Coats of arms
- Coats of arms-Royal
- Coats of arms
- Heraldry
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Scotland
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
- Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
- Scotland
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- printed & manuscript material
- books
- Genealogy and Heraldry
