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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

AFTER CLAUDE-MARIE FERRIER (1811-89)

Statue of Richard Coeur de Lion outside the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park

1892 copy after an original of 1851

Carbon print | 21.6 x 15.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2905885

Photograph of the statue of Richard the Lion Heart by Marochetti portrayed on horseback with his right arm raised aloft and holding a sword. The statue is set on a plinth bearing the name of the King. The statue photographed in left side profile. The photograph is a variant of the one which appears in the 'Reports of the Juries' Vol. IV from the 1851 Great Exhibition. See RCIN 2800103 for the photographs in these volumes.

  • Creator(s)

    After Claude-Marie Ferrier (1811-89) (photographer)

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

    Subject(s)

    Richard I, King of England (1157-99)

  • 21.6 x 15.4 cm (image)

  • Collected by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Plastic arts
        • Sculpture
          • Statues
            • Equestrian Statues
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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