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      E DESPLANQUES : PARIS

      Eglise Metropolitaine de St. Rombaut

      c.1860

      Salted paper print | 45.7 x 37.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2935086

      Photograph of a view of the exterior of the Cathedral at St.Rombaut. The Cathedral stands in the background with a line of buildings in front of it. In the foreground, on the right, is a statue of a female figure.

      • Creator(s)

        E Desplanques : Paris (photographer)

      • 45.7 x 37.5 cm (image)

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Architecture
            • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
              • Cathedrals
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Belgium
              • Flanders [Belgium]
                • Antwerp province [Flanders]
                  • Mechelen [Antwerp]
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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