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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

AFTER WILLIAM JOHN THOMS (1803-85)

'Hampton Court. The Garden Front'

1892 copy after an original of Sep 1853

Carbon print | 18.4 x 22.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2905978

Photograph of the front garden at Hampton Court Palace. A man is seated on a bench on the left side of the photograph, in the middle ground.

The 1892 carbon copy print is adhered over the top of the original albumen print.
  • Creator(s)

    After William John Thoms (1803-85) (photographer)

    Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

  • 18.4 x 22.5 cm (image)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater London [England]
              • Richmond [Greater London]
                • Hampton [Richmond]
                  • Hampton Court Palace
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Secular architecture
          • Palaces
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs