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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)

'Rosenau- Part of the House from the West'

1857

Albumen print | 19.5 x 24.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2117929

Photograph showing Rosenau Palace at Coburg taken from the garden. A woman is seated on a bench in front of the Palace, beneath a small balcony extending from the second floor.

  • Creator(s)

    Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)

  • 19.5 x 24.5 cm (image)

    31.5 x 38.4 cm (page dimensions)

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Bavaria [Germany]
            • Coburg [Bavaria]
              • The Rosenau [Coburg]
    • People
      • Women
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
          • Plants & Flowers
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs