Close-up view of a pedestal near completion for one of four sculptures representing the continents, Albert Memorial construction site, Hyde Park, London, England

People:

Cundall & Fleming (photographic studio)
William Brindley (sculptor)
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (dedicatee)
John Kelk (architect)
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain (patron)
Sir George Gilbert Scott (architect)

Title:

Close-up view of a pedestal near completion for one of four sculptures representing the continents, Albert Memorial construction site, Hyde Park, London, England

Date:

1866

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.5 x 27.5 cm secondary support: 36.3 x 51.6 cm

Reference number:

PH1984:0054

Point of View:

close-up view
exterior view

Inscription:

stamped - blind embossed, on the secondary support, u.l.: "Cundall & Fleming / 168 Bond Street" [within outer circle]; "Photographic / Publishers" [within inner circle; small design in center of stamp] with an arrow inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, c: "Ben Weinreb" [upside down]

Location:

London; England; United Kingdom;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

scaffolds
memorial
pedestal
brick

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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