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

    FRANCIS BEDFORD (1815-94)

    'Roseneau [sic], The Cascade'

    1857

    Albumen print | 19.1 x 24.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2117936

    Photograph showing the waterfall at Rosenau Palace, Coburg. The waterfall is surrounded by forest. A woman wearing a cloak stands in the middle ground, looking towards the camera.

    Rosenau Palace was the birthplace and childhood home of Prince Albert.

    • Creator(s)

      Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)

    • 19.1 x 24.5 cm (image)

      31.5 x 38.4 cm (page dimensions)

    • Commissioned by Queen Victoria

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Germany
            • Bavaria [Germany]
              • Coburg [Bavaria]
                • The Rosenau [Coburg]
                  • Grounds of the Rosenau
      • Geography
        • Physiography
          • Waterfalls
      • People
        • Women
      • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
        • Botany
          • Systematic botany
            • Trees
        • Earth sciences
          • Rocks
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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