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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

AFTER ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

Slender Billed Curlew

1893 copy after an original of c. 1855

Carbon print | 19.5 x 21.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906117

Photograph of a specimen of a Slender Billed Curlew, positioned to stand in left side profile on a plinth. Photographed against a plain background.

  • Creator(s)

    After Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

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

  • 19.5 x 21.9 cm (image)

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

  • Subject(s)
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Zoology
          • Animals
            • Birds
              • Waders
                • Curlews
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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