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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 South Front of Windsor Castle from the Long Walk

1854-56

Salted paper print | 21.0 x 26.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2100037

Photograph of the South Front of Windsor Castle, taken from the Long Walk. The castle, located in the distant background, is framed by trees in the middle ground.
  • Creator(s)

    Arthur James Melhuish (1829-95) (photographer)

  • 21.0 x 26.7 cm (image)

    34.5 x 45.5 cm (page dimensions)

  • View down the Long Walk, looking towards the South Front of Windsor Castle. [Photographs of Windsor Castle, 1854-56. A.J. Melhuish]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Berkshire [England]
              • Windsor [Berkshire]
                • Windsor Great Park [Windsor]
                  • Long Walk [Windsor Great Park]
                • Windsor Castle
                  • Upper Ward [Windsor Castle]
                    • Lancaster Tower [Windsor Castle]
                    • King George IV Gate [Windsor Castle]
                    • York Tower [Windsor Castle]
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
        • albums
          • photograph albums