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GUSTAVE LE GRAY (1820-84)
The French Fleet at Cherbourg, 5 August 1858
1858Albumen print laid down on card | 30.9 x 41 cm (image) | RCIN 2934239
Photograph of a seascape at Cherbourg with seven ships of the French Fleet, accompanied by smaller vessels. Taken during Queen Victoria's State Visit to France, 1858.
Upon arrival at Cherbourg on 4 August 1858, the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert anchored in the middle of the French fleet. On the morning of 5 August, salutes were fired by the French before the royal couple went ashore to be received by Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie.
Photographer’s credit on the print in red, in lower right corner, reads: Gustave Le Gray
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.
Upon arrival at Cherbourg on 4 August 1858, the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert anchored in the middle of the French fleet. On the morning of 5 August, salutes were fired by the French before the royal couple went ashore to be received by Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie.
Photographer’s credit on the print in red, in lower right corner, reads: Gustave Le Gray
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.
Creator(s)
Gustave Le Gray (1820-84) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Navy-Franceannotation: [pencil] English fleet Cherbourg. August 5. 1858/
[ink] English Fleet, Cherbourg, August 5, 1858. [beneath print, on mount]30.9 x 41 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1858
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- France
- Normandy [France]
- Cherbourg [Manche]
- Normandy [France]
- France
- Europe
- Social sciences
- Military affairs
- Naval formations & units
- Squadron sections. Individual fleets (Navy)
- Naval formations & units
- Military affairs
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
