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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

    AFTER? ROGER FENTON (1819-69)

    East View of Melrose Abbey

    1893 copy after an original of 1854

    Carbon print copy of original | 17.2 x 23.5 cm (image) | RCIN 2906153

    Photograph of the Eastern Window of Melrose Abbey, Scotland, flanked by the south and north transepts. In the foreground stand tomb stones.

    • Creator(s)

      After? Roger Fenton (1819-69) (photographer)

      Gustav William Henry Mullins (1854-1921) (photographer)

    • 17.2 x 23.5 cm (image)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • Scotland
              • The Borders [Scotland]
                • Melrose [Scotland]
                  • Melrose Abbey [Scotland]
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
            • Abbeys
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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