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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 2083962

      Glass plate negative of a view of the gardens at Frogmore House. Photograph taken from the upstairs corridor in Frogmore House. There is a lake in the middle ground. To the left of the lake is a building with scaffolding on it. This would become the Duchess of Kent's mausoleum.

      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 2101380.

      • 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]
                        • Frogmore Lake [Windsor Home Park]
        • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
          • Architecture
            • Buildings
            • Ecclesiastical & religious architecture
              • Funerary architecture
                • Mausoleums
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
              • negatives
                • glass plate negatives
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