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ANDRÉ ADOLFE EUGÈNE DISDÉRI (1819-89)

Group with horses and carriage

c. 1858

Salted paper print | 9.4 x 13.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2932745

Photograph of a group of four people reclining beside a horse-drawn carriage. The group appear to be eating a picnic. The carriage faces away from the camera and is drawn by two horses. A man stands beside the carriage, on the left, and places his hand on one of the horses. There is a hill in the background.

  • Creator(s)

    André Adolfe Eugène Disdéri (1819-89) (photographer)

  • 9.4 x 13.7 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Vehicles
          • Horse drawn vehicles
          • Simple transport
            • Carriages
      • Agriculture and related techniques
        • Animal husbandry
          • Horses
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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