Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography
After Wenceslas Cifka (active 1852)
'Gate at Peña, Portugal'; The Arch of the Triton 1892 copy after an 1852 original
Carbon print | 20.9 x 16.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2905918
Photograph of the Arch of the Triton at Pena Palace, Portugal. The archway is decorated with carving of seashells and is flanked by two towers. Above the arch is the carving of Triton, a mythological half-man, half-fish, who is depicted beneath a carving of a tree and leaves. The archway is intended to show a divide between the aquatic world, shown beneath Triton, and earth, shown above Triton
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Creator(s)
After Wenceslas Cifka (active 1852) (photographer)
Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)
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20.9 x 16.1 cm (image)
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Collected and arranged by Prince Albert
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Portugal
- Pena [Portugal]
- Pena National Palace [Portugal]
- Portugal
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Palaces
- Gateways
- Gateways-Arched
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religions of antiquity
- Classical mythology
- Triton (myth)
- Classical mythology
- Religions of antiquity
- Religions and faiths
- visual works
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