Photographs 1842-61
Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography
AFTER MOULIN ATELIER PHOTOGRAPHIQUE (ACTIVE C.1851-69)
Study from Life (Nun praying)
1868 copy after an original of 1854Albumen print | 21.3 x 15.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2906115
Photograph of a woman wearing a nun's habit, kneeling in front of a covered table with a skull and open book on it. The woman faces the viewer with her torso in right side profile. She holds a crucifix between her hands. A cross fashioned from two sticks lies against the wall in the background.
Creator(s)
After Moulin Atelier Photographique (active c.1851-69) (photographer)
William Bambridge (photographer)
21.3 x 15.9 cm (image)
- From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Religion & Theology
- Religions and faiths
- Religious orders
- Nuns
- Christianity
- Crucifixes
- Religious orders
- Religions and faiths
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Medical sciences
- Anatomy
- Skull
- Anatomy
- Medical sciences
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Religion & Theology
