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Glass plate negatives

Albert and Victoria’s collection of glass plate negatives show photographers’ working methods

      UNKNOWN PERSON

      Frogmore garden

      1861

      RCIN 2083960

      Glass plate negative of a view of Frogmore Gardens looking west. The photograph was taken from the Drawing Room window in Frogmore House. The view shows a path encircling a sparsely planted garden. There are many trees in the background.

      The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. A print from this negative exists in the Collection, RCIN 2101383.

      • Creator(s)

        Unknown Person (photographer)

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • England
                • Berkshire [England]
                  • Windsor [Berkshire]
                    • Windsor Home Park
                      • Frogmore Estate [Windsor Home Park]
                        • Frogmore Gardens [Windsor Home Park]
        • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
          • Botany
            • Systematic botany
              • Plants & Flowers
              • Trees
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
              • negatives
                • glass plate negatives
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