A black and white photograph of a tall stone obelisk in a city park surrounded by a stone balustrade and lion statues.
This is the earlier of two photographs of Victoria Column taken by Lockey, the later taken three years later when two canons captured from Russian forces in the Crimean War were displayed here. This is a digital positive converted from Lockey’s calotype negative, photographed on a light box.
A photographic negative of a tall stone obelisk in a city park surrounded by a stone balustrade and lion statues.
The calotype negative, photographed on a light box.
A black and white photograph of a tall stone obelisk in a city park surrounded by a stone balustrade and lion statues.
This is the earlier of two photographs of Victoria Column taken by Lockey, the later taken three years later when two canons captured from Russian forces in the Crimean War were displayed here. This is a digital positive converted from Lockey’s calotype negative, photographed on a light box.

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Lockey, Francis
Donation Sources: Bristol & West Amateur Photographic Assn.
Object id: D800574-09
Width: 22.3
Height: 27.5
Distance from BRLSI: 640 metres

Victoria Column, Royal Victoria Park, from inside the park looking towards Bath.
Recorded as ‘2 (Stereosc.) of Victa. Column (27)’ in Lockey’s journal entry for 10 April 1854.