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

    ATTRIBUTED TO FREDERICK HOLLAND MARES

    St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin

    c.1860

    Albumen print | 7.4 x 7.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2320070

    Photograph of an exterior view of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. There is a street and a fence in the foreground, in front of the cathedral. Two men stand on the pedestrian path outside the cathedral.

    • Creator(s)

      Attributed to Frederick Holland Mares (photographer)

      Attributed to James Simonton (photographer)

    • 7.4 x 7.1 cm (image)

      17.2 x 13.0 cm (mount)

    • From an album compiled by Prince Albert

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Ireland
            • Dublin [Ireland]
              • St Patrick's Cathedral [Dublin]
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
            • Cathedrals
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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