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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

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

ARTHUR JAMES MELHUISH (1829-95)

The Quadrangle with the Sovereign's Entrance, Windsor Castle

1854-56

Salted paper print | 38.2 x 50.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2100342

Photograph of the Sovereign's Entrance and the exterior of the Private Apartments (right) from the Quadrangle
  • Creator(s)

    Arthur James Melhuish (1829-95) (photographer)

  • 38.2 x 50.4 cm (image)

  • View of the Sovereign's Entrance in the Quadrangle, Windsor Castle, to the right exterior of the Private Apartments and the Grand Corridor. [Photographic Views of Windsor Castle by Arthur Melhuish. 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Berkshire [England]
              • Windsor [Berkshire]
                • Windsor Castle
                  • Upper Ward [Windsor Castle]
                    • Quadrangle [Windsor Castle]
                    • Private Apartments [Windsor Castle]
                      • Grand Corridor [Windsor Castle]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums