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 c.1861Carbon print | 7.9 x 7.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2320194
Photograph of a sailing boat moored on the mud at the side of the River Thames in the foreground. In the middle distance, two smaller sailing boats flank a larger, clipper like vessel with tall sails in the background. In the far background stand buildings, possibly the Royal Arsenal.
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.
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 Britain7.9 x 7.4 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]
- Woolwich Arsenal [London]
- Woolwich [London]
- Greenwich [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of southern England and south Wales
- River Thames
- Rivers of southern England and south Wales
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Boats
- Sailing vessels
- Clippers (sailing ships)
- Vessels (marine)
- Engineering & Technology
- Geography
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Physiography
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
