Glass plate negatives
Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods
ROBERT HOWLETT (1831-58)
Fresco by Consoni, in the Promenade Gallery, Buckingham Palace
1856RCIN 2084886
Glass plate negative of a fresco by Nicola Consoni (1814–84) depicting a group of putti harvesting wheat. The fresco is located in the Promenade (East) Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this negative exists in the Collection, RCIN 2101929.
The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this negative exists in the Collection, RCIN 2101929.
Creator(s)
Robert Howlett (1831-58) (photographer)
After Nicola Consoni (1814-84) (artist)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster
- Buckingham Palace
- East Gallery [Buckingham Palace]
- Buckingham Palace
- City of Westminster
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Art
- Paintings
- Frescoes
- Paintings
- Art
- People
- Putti
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Field crops and their production
- Grain
- Wheat
- Grain
- Agricultural implements
- Agricultural tools
- Sickles
- Agricultural tools
- Field crops and their production
- Engineering & Technology
- Packaging
- Bags (containers)
- Packaging
- Agriculture and related techniques
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Botany
- Systematic botany
- Trees
- Systematic botany
- Botany
- Places
