Model House for Families designed by HRH Prince Albert, The Great Exhibition, 1851

Institution

Royal Collection Trust

Object description:

Photograph of exterior view of a two storey brick house with the balcony inscribed `Model Houses for Families. Erected by HRH Prince Albert' with two men standing at the house entrance. Henry Roberts’ book 'The Model Houses for Families, built in connexion with the Great Exhibition of 1851, by command of .... Prince Albert' describes the elements of the design of the Model Houses in detail.

Object/Work type:

photographs

Cultural Heritage type:

Visual Works (hierarchy name)

Location:

London - United Kingdom

Object measurements:

15.6 x 21.8 cm (image)

Designing

Prince Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-61) (Artist)

Material/Technique: [None]

Production

Claude-Marie Ferrier (1811-89) (photographer)

Date: 1851

Place: England

Material/Technique: Salted paper print

Provenance

Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (Acquirer)

Material/Technique: [None]

Subject/theme:

Architecture

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: Royal Collection Trust