Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
AFTER ÉDOUARD BALDUS (1813-89)
Saint Valery
1890 copy after 1855 originalCarbon print made from a salted paper print original | 32 x 41 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2584497
Photograph of the fishing town of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, seen from a wood merchant yard or shipyard. In the foreground, there are piles of boats' masts and chopped logs enclosed by a fence. A road on the right side of the photograph leads to the town, seen in the middle distance.
This photograph is part of an album of prints presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert as a memento of their state visit to France from 18-27 August 1855
Creator(s)
After Édouard Baldus (1813-89) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
32 x 41 cm (whole object)
Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Picardy [France]
- Saint-Valery-sur-Somme [France]
- Picardy [France]
- France
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Rivers of western Europe
- Somme, River [France]
- Rivers of western Europe
- Rivers
- Europe
- Geography
- Travels & exploration
- Royal visits & tours
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours-France 1855
- Royal visits & tours-France
- Royal visits & tours
- Travels & exploration
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Boats
- Fishing boats
- Boats
- Vessels (marine)
- Engineering & Technology
- Places
