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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

AFTER? MOULIN ATELIER PHOTOGRAPHIQUE (ACTIVE C.1851-69)

A Study from Life

c.1854

Albumen print | 21.4 x 16.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2906130

Photograph of woman standing on the right of the photograph and behind a wall as she looks up at a bird cage hanging from the wall of a painted cottage. The cottage is artificial and forms part of a studio set. The woman carries a wicker basket over her left arm and wears a white bonnet. A ladder leans against the cottage on the left and in the foreground is a basket and a bucket. Ivy hangs in the background.

  • Creator(s)

    After? Moulin Atelier Photographique (active c.1851-69) (photographer)

  • 21.4 x 16.3 cm (image)

  • Loose inside an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Cottages
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Containers
          • Cages
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Bird cages
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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