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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

St George's Chapel and the Round Tower, Windsor Castle

1860

Albumen print | 30.5 x 43.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2100044

Photograph of (left to right): St George's Chapel, the Norman Gateway, Round Tower, King Henry III Tower and Military Knights residences in the Middle Ward of Windsor Castle. A group of onlookers and Guardsmen stand in the centre foreground facing the viewer. This photograph is one of 31 prints Fenton made of Windsor Castle, the Home Park and Great Park in 1860. When selecting the subjects for these views, Fenton did not seek access to areas normally barred to the public. Instead, he understood his audience would prefer to see images relating to their own experiences of the castle. Therefore, all the photographs in this series emphasise the Castle's role as a public monument, rather than as a royal residence.
  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Army-GB-Guards Regiments
    Army-GB-Guards Regiments-Guardsmen
    Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward (1816-69)
  • 30.5 x 43.4 cm (image)

    43.0 x 57.2 cm (mount)

  • St George's Chapel and the Round Tower. [Windsor Castle Photographs, 1860, by Roger Fenton]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Berkshire [England]
              • Windsor [Berkshire]
                • Windsor Castle
                  • Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
                    • St George's Chapel [Windsor Castle]
                      • South Front [St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]
                    • Mary Tudor Tower [Windsor Castle]
                    • Henry III Tower [Windsor Castle]
                  • Middle Ward [Windsor Castle]
                    • Round Tower [Windsor Castle]
                    • Norman Tower and Gateway [Windsor Castle]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs