Landscape, Nature and Architecture
Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him
UNKNOWN PERSON
Windsor Castle from the Brocas
c. 1856Albumen print adhered to paper | 9.2 x 17.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2514485
Photograph adhered to paper support of Windsor Castle as seen from the Brocas on the north banks of the River Thames. On the left of the foreground are a group of children, standing and seated on a grassy bank, most of whom look to their left towards the river where a small ferry boat where a boy is seated is moored. A building stands on the left of the middle ground with a tree growing on the far left. The Round Tower and Curfew Tower of the Castle are visible in the background.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
9.2 x 17.4 cm (image)
12.3 x 38.1 cm (mount)
Acquired by Prince Albert and Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Middle Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Round Tower [Windsor Castle]
- Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Curfew Tower [Windsor Castle]
- Middle Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Windsor Castle
- Eton [Berkshire]
- The Brocas [Eton]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Physiography
- Rivers
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers of southern England and south Wales
- River Thames
- Rivers of southern England and south Wales
- Rivers of northern Europe
- Rivers
- Europe
- Children
- Places