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Glass plate negatives

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

      UNKNOWN PERSON

      The Queen's Bed Room, Buckingham Palace

      c.1870-3

      RCIN 2084374

      Glass plate negative featuring two almost identical views of the Queen's Bed Room in Buckingham Palace. General view of the room looking away from the bed. It includes paintings, cabinets, a covered table and a fireplace with an overmantle mirror. The ceiling is a complicated moulded design with rosettes, garlands and lozenges

      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 2103832.

      • Creator(s)

        Unknown Person (photographer)

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria

      • Subject(s)
        • Places
          • Europe
            • Great Britain
              • England
                • Greater London [England]
                  • London [Greater London]
                    • City of Westminster
                      • Buckingham Palace
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