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)
Subject(s)
Rotunda Hospital [Dublin]7.5 x 7.2 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
- From an album compiled by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Hospitals
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Places
- Europe
- Ireland
- Dublin [Ireland]
- Ambassador Theatre [Dublin]
- Dublin [Ireland]
- Ireland
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
