Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94)
The Church and the Governor's House, Holsteinsborg or Sisimiut : 'Church, Governor's House, Holsteinbourg' 1854
Hand-coloured albumen print | 15.3 x 20.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2510484
![The Church and Governor's House, Holsteinsborg, Greenland, 1854 [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search for Sir John Franklin, 1854]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/f/4/643542-1479296439.jpg?itok=Vfp4SewW "The Church and Governor's House, Holsteinsborg, Greenland, 1854 [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search for Sir John Franklin, 1854]")
Hand-coloured photograph showing a small village settlement, in Holsteinborg, Greenland. A cluster of red roofed buildings stand to the centre and left of the photograph. The old church stands to the left of the picture with mountains in the background. A Danish flag flies from a rocky outcrop on the right of the picture.
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Creator(s)
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Bethel Church [Holsteinsborg, Greenland] -
15.3 x 20.2 cm (image)
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The Church and Governor's House, Holsteinsborg, Greenland, 1854 [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search for Sir John Franklin, 1854].
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Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield in 1854
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Christian church architecture
- Churches
- Christian church architecture
- Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
- Architecture
- Places
- Polar regions
- Arctic territories
- Arctic regions
- Greenland [Denmark]
- Sisimiut [Greenland]
- Arctic territories
- Polar regions
- Genealogy and Heraldry
- Flags
- National Flags
- Flags of Denmark
- National Flags
- Flags
- visual works
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