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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

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

AFTER GEORGE WASHINGTON WILSON (1823-93)

The Thames at Woolwich

1883 after an original of 1860

Carbon print | 7.5 x 7.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2320195

Photograph of a single sailing boat on the River Thames at Woolwich. In the background are other boats and buildings by the side of the river.

This photograph is a later carbon copy which is a process that is less susceptible to light damage, unlike the original albumen photograph that was prone to fading over time.
  • Creator(s)

    After George Washington Wilson (1823-93) (photographer)

    Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (photographer)

    Subject(s)

    Great Britain
  • 7.5 x 7.2 cm (image)

    17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)

  • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Albert, Prince Consort between 1860 and 1861

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • London [Greater London]
                • Greenwich [London]
                  • Woolwich [London]
        • Rivers of northern Europe
          • Rivers of southern England and south Wales
            • River Thames
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Vessels (marine)
          • Boats
            • Sailing boats
    • Geography
      • Physiography
        • Rivers
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs