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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

SAMUEL BUCKLE (1809?-60)

'Anne Hathaway's Cottage at Shottery'

1853

Salted paper print | 16.2 x 19.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906046

Photograph of a view of Anne Hathway's (1556-1623) Cottage near Stratford-upon-Avon. Two timber framed cottages with thatch roofs, stand side by side. In front of the cottages in a garden, bordered by a hedge that runs from the foreground to the middle distance. There is a tree in the background.
  • Creator(s)

    Samuel Buckle (1809?-60) (photographer)

  • 16.2 x 19.5 cm (image)

  • From an album of photographs collected and arranged by Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Domestic architecture
          • Cottages
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Warwickshire [England]
              • Stratford-upon-Avon [Warwickshire]
                • Shottery [Stratford-upon-Avon ]
                • Anne Hathaway's Cottage [Warwickshire]