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

      ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

      Henry VIII Gate, Windsor Castle: Changing the Guard

      1860

      Albumen print | 24.8 x 29.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2100040

      Photograph of four rows of Guards standing inside the Lower Ward of Windsor Castle with the King Henry VIII Gate in the background

      • Creator(s)

        Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Army-GB-Guards Regiments

      • 24.8 x 29.2 cm (image)

        43.3 x 57.4 cm (mount)

      • Henry VIII Gate, relieving the Guard.

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • England
                • Berkshire [England]
                  • Windsor [Berkshire]
                    • Windsor Castle
                      • Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
                        • Henry VIII Gate [Windsor Castle]
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Engineering & Technology
            • Military engineering
              • Arms (weapons)
                • Firearms
                  • Rifles
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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