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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

      PRINCE ALBERT, PRINCE CONSORT (1819-61)

      Calotypes. Volume III

      1850-54

      Leather album containing salted paper and albumen photographs | 24.6 x 31.0 x 4.5 cm (album) | RCIN 2905993

      Album bound in burgundy leather, with marbled end papers. The title is in gold tooling on the front cover and on the spine, which has five raised bands. The album contains 102 photographs (RCINs 2905994-2906097) collected and arranged by Prince Albert (1819-61).

      • Creator(s)

        Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61) (compiler)

        Dr Ernst Becker (1826-88) (photographer)

        Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

        After Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) (artist)

        Muller (photographer)

        Joseph Cundall (1819-95) (photographer)

        Philip Henry Delamotte (1821-89) (photographer)

        Francis Bedford (1815-94) (photographer)

        Wilson & Hay (active 1853-55) (photographer)

        William Russell Sedgfield (1826-1902) (photographer)

        Maxwell Lyte (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Princess Mary Adelaide, Duchess of Teck (1833-97)
        Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)
        Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
        Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)
        Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850-1942)
        Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
        Princess Helena (1846-1923)
        Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
        William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
        Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)
        San Josef (ship)
        Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860)
        Fairy (HMY)
        Neptune (HMS)
        John Landseer (1763-1852)
        Maria II, Queen of Portugal and the Algarves (1819-53)
        Ferdinand II, King of Portugal (1816-85)
        King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
        Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900)
        Great Britain
        Frederick Waymouth Gibbs (1821-98)
        Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1830-1904)
        Princess Isabel (1851-1931)
        HMS Victory
        Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-65)
        Louvre, Le [Paris]

      • 24.6 x 31.0 x 4.5 cm (album)

      • Album compiled and arranged by Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • England
                • Berkshire [England]
                  • Windsor [Berkshire]
                    • Windsor Castle
                      • Royal Mews [Windsor Castle]
                • The Solent [England]
                  • Spithead [Solent]
                • Lincolnshire [England]
                  • Lincoln [Lincolnshire]
                • Cambridgeshire [England]
                  • Peterborough [Cambridgeshire]
                    • Peterborough Cathedral
                • Northumberland [England]
                  • Brinkburn Priory [Northumberland]
                • Warwickshire [England]
                  • Kenilworth [Warwickshire]
                    • Kenilworth Castle [Kenilworth]
                  • Stratford-upon-Avon [Warwickshire]
                    • Shottery [Stratford-upon-Avon ]
                    • Anne Hathaway's Cottage [Stratford-upon-Avon]
                • Greater London [England]
                  • London [Greater London]
                    • City of Westminster [London]
                      • Whitehall [London]
                        • Horse Guards Parade [London]
                          • Horse Guards Building (new, mid 18th century) [London]
                      • Treasury Building [London]
                      • Palace of Westminster [City of Westminster]
                        • Old Palace Yard [London]
                          • Richard Coeur de Lion (statue) [London]
                    • Lambeth [London]
                      • Lambeth Palace [London]
                    • Greenwich [London]
                      • Royal Observatory [Greenwich]
                    • Sydenham [London]
                      • Crystal Palace Park [London]
                        • The Crystal Palace
                  • Beddington [Greater London]
                    • St Mary's Church [Beddington]
                • Wiltshire [England]
                  • Salisbury Plain [Wiltshire]
                    • Stonehenge [Salisbury Plain]
                  • Salisbury [Wiltshire]
                    • Salisbury Cathedral
                • Surrey [England]
              • Scotland
                • Aberdeenshire [Scotland]
                  • Balmoral Castle [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Balmoral Castle (Old) [Aberdeenshire]
                  • Ballater [Aberdeenshire]
              • Wales
                • Swansea [Wales]
                  • Caswell Bay [Swansea]
                  • Three Cliffs Bay [Swansea]
                • South Wales
            • Spain
              • Toledo [Spain]
            • France
              • Aquitaine [France]
                • Pau [France]
              • Île-de-France [France]
                • Paris [Île-de-France]
            • Germany
              • Bavaria [Germany]
                • Nuremberg [Bavaria]
        • Social sciences
          • Military affairs
            • Naval formations & units
              • Squadron sections. Individual fleets (Navy)
        • Religion & Theology
          • Religions and faiths
            • Religions of antiquity
              • Classical mythology
                • Cupid
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Plastic arts
            • Numismatics
              • Medallions
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Engineering & Technology
            • Military engineering
              • Arms (weapons)
                • Side arms (weapons)
                  • Swords
                • Firearms
                  • Pistols
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
            • albums
              • photograph albums
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