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ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK HOLLAND MARES

St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

c.1860

Albumen print | 7.4 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2320070

Photograph of an exterior view of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. There is a street and a fence in the foreground, in front of the cathedral. Two men stand on the pedestrian path outside the cathedral.

  • Creator(s)

    Attributed to Frederick Holland Mares (photographer)

    Attributed to James Simonton (photographer)

  • 7.4 x 7.1 cm (image)

    17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)

  • From an album compiled by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Ireland
          • Dublin [Ireland]
            • St Patrick's Cathedral [Dublin]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Cathedrals
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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