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

      E DESPLANQUES : PARIS

      Hotel de Ville, D'Audenarde

      c.1860

      Salted paper print | 46.6 x 36.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2935087

      Photograph of a view of the exterior of the Hotel de Ville, Audenarde, France. The building has seven arches with a recessed entrance door. Above this are two storeys and a clock tower at roof level, in the gothic style.

      • Creator(s)

        E Desplanques : Paris (photographer)

      • 46.6 x 36.6 cm (image)

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Architecture
            • Domestic architecture
              • Hotels
            • Buildings
            • Architectural design
              • Façades
            • Gothic architecture
            • Architectural history
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Belgium
              • Flanders [Belgium]
                • Oudenaarde [Belgium]
            • France
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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