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Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)

'The Palace'

1857

Albumen print | 18.3 x 24.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2117900

Photograph showing the Palace at Coburg with the statue of Duke Ernest I to the right. The statue is positioned in the centre of a circular, paved area lined with trees.

  • Creator(s)

    Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1784-1844)

  • 18.3 x 24.0 cm (image)

    31.5 x 38.4 cm (page dimensions)

  • Commissioned by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Bavaria [Germany]
            • Coburg [Bavaria]
              • Ehrenburg Palace [Coburg]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Plastic arts
        • Sculpture
          • Statues
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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