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Photographs 1842-61

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UNKNOWN PERSON

The "Arcades", Coburg

c.1857

Albumen print | 13.9 x 21.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2932760

Photograph of a view of the Arcades at Coburg, Germany, next to the Ehrenberg Palace.

The photograph is pasted onto the album page, with the handwritten inscription: 'The "Arcades" Coburg.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

    Associated with Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)

  • 13.9 x 21.1 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Germany
          • Bavaria [Germany]
            • Coburg [Bavaria]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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