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Photographs 1842-61

Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography

    AFTER FARNHAM MAXWELL LYTE (1828-1906)

    'View from the Parc, Pau'

    1893 copy after an original of 1853

    Carbon print | 15.4 x 20.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2906057

    Photograph of a view of the city of Pau, France, taken from a raised area in a park. The Gave de Pau runs through the centre of the centre of the photograph. In the background stands a bridge spanning the river and to the right of the bridge stands the Château de Pau. Trees dominate the foreground.

    • Creator(s)

      After Farnham Maxwell Lyte (1828-1906) (photographer)

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

    • 15.4 x 20.6 cm (image)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • France
            • Aquitaine [France]
              • Pau [France]
                • Chateau de Pau [Pau]
          • Rivers of western Europe
            • Gave de Pau [France]
      • Geography
        • Physiography
          • Rivers
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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