Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Aimé Civiale (1821-93)
Une scierie dans le Val Véni 1859-68
Poitevin process | 26.6 x 35.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2370843
Photograph of a waterfall cascading over large boulders in Val Veny near the Franco-Italian borders. The water brushes by a derelict stone sawmill that dominates the left half of the frame. Fir trees populate both the right middleground and background.
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Creator(s)
Aimé Civiale (1821-93) (artist)
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26.6 x 35.8 cm (image)
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Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- albums
Subject(s)
- Places
- Physiography
- Mountains
- The Alps (mountains)
- Waterfalls
- Mountains
- Physiography
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Factories
- Mills
- Sawmills
- Mills
- Factories
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Firs
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- visual works
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