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    GUSTAVE LE GRAY (1820-84)

    The Brig, 1856

    1856

    Albumen print, mounted on card | 32.1 x 40.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2934240

    Photograph of a single sailing boat at sea. There is a horse and cart standing in near foreground at shoreline and a small boat moored on the right.

    • Creator(s)

      Gustave Le Gray (1820-84) (photographer)

    • 32.1 x 40.8 cm (image)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in c.1856

    • Subject(s)
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Engineering & Technology
          • Vessels (marine)
            • Boats
              • Sailing boats
              • Brigs (boats)
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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