Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Albumen print | 15.8 x 19.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2510485
Photograph of the village of Holsteinborg, Greenland. The print shows Bethel Old Church, built in 1775, in Holsteinsborg on the left with the Governor's House alongside. On the right of the picture stands a flag pole with the Danish flag flying.
The Danish Navy established Holsteinborg, now known as Sisimiut, as a trading post following the defeat of the Dutch in the early 18th Century. In 1926, a second church was built alongside the old church in the town.
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)
15.8 x 19.8 cm (image)
Holsteinborg, Greenland, 1854 [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search of Sir John Franklin, 1854].