Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
GUSTAVE LE GRAY (1820-84)
The English Fleet at Cherbourg
5 Aug 1858Albumen print laid down on card | 30.4 x 38.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2934238
Photograph of a seascape at Cherbourg with six English Fleet ships accompanied by smaller vessels.
On 4 August 1858 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert sailed on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert to Cherbourg in order to meet Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie. The royal yacht received gun salutes from the English fleet who were awaiting her arrival in the harbour at Cherbourg.
Photographer’s credit on the print in red, in the lower right corner, reading Gustave Le Gray.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.
On 4 August 1858 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert sailed on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert to Cherbourg in order to meet Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie. The royal yacht received gun salutes from the English fleet who were awaiting her arrival in the harbour at Cherbourg.
Photographer’s credit on the print in red, in the lower right corner, reading Gustave Le Gray.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.
Creator(s)
Gustave Le Gray (1820-84) (photographer)
[pencil] English fleet Cherbourg. August 5. 1858/ [ink] English Fleet, Cherbourg, August 5, 1858.
30.4 x 38.4 cm (image)
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1858
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Basse-Normandie [France]
- Cherbourg [France]
- Basse-Normandie [France]
- France
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Naval formations & units
- Squadron sections. Individual fleets (Navy)
- Naval formations & units
- Military affairs
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Ships
- Vessels (marine)
- Engineering & Technology
- Places
