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Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

      BISSON FRÉRES (1841-64)

      Cour de Louvre, Paris

      c.1860

      Albumen print | 50.3 x 102.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2935118

      Framed photograph showing the inner annexe of the Louvre, Paris. In the centre of the photograph is a four storey domed roof to the main building.

      • Creator(s)

        Bisson Fréres (1841-64) (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Louvre, Le [Paris]

      • 50.3 x 102.4 cm (image)

        81.7 x 134.4 x 3.9 cm (frame, external)

      • Acquired by Queen VIctoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • France
              • Île-de-France [France]
                • Paris [Île-de-France]
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Architecture
            • Secular architecture
            • Architectural design
              • Façades
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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