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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

A Small Chapel in Tintern Abbey

1854

Albumen print | 18.3 x 22.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2906104

Photograph of an unidentified girl facing three-quarters left, holding a stone jar and seated within the recess of a wall within the ruins of Tintern Abbey.

Several photographs by Fenton of Tintern Abbey in Monmouthshire, South Wales, were shown at the Photographic Society's first exhibition in 1854 and again at their 1855 and 1859 exhibitions.

  • Creator(s)

    Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

  • 18.3 x 22.0 cm (image)

  • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Abbeys
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • Wales
            • Monmouthshire [Wales]
              • Tintern Abbey [Monmouthshire]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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