Prince Albert was an early adopter of portrait photography
UNKNOWN PERSON
Triumphal Arch erected on Castle Hill, Windsor
10 - 10 Mar 1863Albumen print | 17.3 x 14.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2905630
Photograph of the Triumphal Arch on Castle Hill, Windsor, built to commemorate the marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales opn March 10th 1863. Windsor Castle can be seen in the background, through the arch. There are a small number of people in the scene, many are blurred owing to movement and slow exposure times.
Creator(s)
Unknown Person (photographer)
17.3 x 14.6 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Social sciences
- Ethnology
- Social customs
- Marriage
- Royal Weddings
- Marriage
- Social customs
- Ethnology
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Architecture
- Secular architecture
- Triumphal arches
- Secular architecture
- Architecture
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Castle Hill [Windsor]
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Social sciences
