Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
'Rotunda and Lying-in Hospital, Dublin'
c.1860Albumen print | 7.5 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320090
Photograph of an exterior view of the Rotunda and Lying-In Hospital, now known as the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin. There is a horse and cart parked in front of the hospital, in the middle ground.
The Lying-In Hospital was founded in 1745 and was a maternity hospital. 'Lying-in' refers to the confinement of new-mothers following labour. The hospital was renamed the Rotunda Hospital in reference to its notable architecture.
Creator(s)
Attributed to Frederick Holland Mares (photographer)
Attributed to James Simonton (photographer)
7.5 x 7.2 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
- From an album compiled by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Ireland
- Dublin [Ireland]
- Rotunda Hospital [Dublin]
- Ambassador Theatre [Dublin]
- Dublin [Ireland]
- Ireland
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Hospitals
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
