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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

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

FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)

'Reinhardsbrunn'; Chapel at Schloss Reinhardsbrunn

1858

Albumen print | 19.0 x 24.8 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2102964

Photograph of the new chapel, Schloss Reinhardsbrunn. The semi-completed chapel is in the Gothic style and has wooden scaffolding in front of an open archway. There is another wing of the building to the right, with the main house and bell tower just visible behind. There is a lawn in the foreground.

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)

  • 19.0 x 24.8 cm (image) (image)

    31.5 x 38.5 cm (page dimensions)

  • Reinhardsbrunn

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Thuringia [Germany]
            • Reinhardsbrunn [Germany]
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs