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Gustave Le Gray (1820-84)
The English Fleet at Cherbourg 5 - 5 Aug 1858
Albumen print laid down on card | 30.4 x 38.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2934238
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Photograph of a seascape at Cherbourg with six English Fleet ships accompanied by smaller vessels.
On 4 August 1858 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert sailed on the Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert to Cherbourg in order to meet Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie. The royal yacht received gun salutes from the English fleet who were awaiting her arrival in the harbour at Cherbourg.
Photographer’s credit on the print in red, in the lower right corner, reading Gustave Le Gray.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010.Provenance
Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1858
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Albumen print laid down on card
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30.4 x 38.4 cm (image)
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annotation: [pencil] English fleet Cherbourg. August 5. 1858/
[ink] English Fleet, Cherbourg, August 5, 1858. [beneath print, on mount]Category
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