Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
George Washington Wilson (1823-93)
Stonehenge. General view from the East c. 1880 after an 1860 original
Carbon print | 7.4 x 7.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2320054
Photograph of Stonehenge with sheep in the foreground. In the centre a man stands leans against one of the stones. A cart stands on the right.
This photograph is a later carbon copy which is a process that is less susceptible to light damage, unlike the original albumen that was prone to fading over time.
This photograph is a later carbon copy which is a process that is less susceptible to light damage, unlike the original albumen that was prone to fading over time.
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Creator(s)
George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)
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7.4 x 7.3 cm (image)
17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)
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From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort between 1860 and 1861
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Wiltshire [England]
- Salisbury Plain [Wiltshire]
- Stonehenge [Salisbury Plain]
- Salisbury Plain [Wiltshire]
- Wiltshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Archaeology
- Prehistory
- Prehistoric stone monuments
- Prehistory
- History
- History of Europe
- History of England & Great Britain
- England & Great Britain-History (Prehistory, Roman & Anglo-Saxon period)
- General medieval and modern history (European history)
- History of England & Great Britain
- History of Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Animal husbandry
- Sheep
- Animal husbandry
- Engineering & Technology
- Vehicles
- Simple transport
- Carts
- Simple transport
- Vehicles
- Agriculture and related techniques
- visual works
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