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    ARTHUR JAMES MELHUISH (1829-95)

    Photographs of Windsor Castle, 1854-56

    1854-56

    Leather bound album containing salted paper prints | 47.0 x 38.0 x 4.4 cm (album) | RCIN 2100001

    Photograph album bound in blue and green leather, tooled in gold on the cover and containing 37 salted paper photographs (RCINs 2100002-2100038) of exterior views of Windsor Castle by the photographer A.J Melhuish who was based in Blackheath.

    The binding is modern.

    • Creator(s)

      Arthur James Melhuish (1829-95) (photographer)

    • 47.0 x 38.0 x 4.4 cm (album)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Berkshire [England]
                • Windsor [Berkshire]
                  • Windsor Castle
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • albums
            • photograph albums
        • printed & manuscript material
          • books
            • book: full leather bound
              • book: full leather bound in calf
                • book: full leather bound in blue calf
                • book: full leather bound in green calf
            • book: binding
              • book: binding with gold tooling
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