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Photographs 1842-61

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JG WHEELER

Whippingham Church

Apr 1863

Albumen print | 17.0 x 20.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2932786

Photograph of St Mildred's church, Whippingham on the Isle of Wight. Scaffolding is erected around the outer walls and building materials including wood and stone lie within the graveyard in the foreground.

  • Creator(s)

    JG Wheeler (photographer)

  • 17.0 x 20.6 cm (image)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Isle of Wight [England]
              • Whippingham [Isle of Wight]
                • St Mildred's Church [Whippingham]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
          • Christian church architecture
            • Churches
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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