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James Robertson
Queen Adelaide's Church
[Photographic views of Malta, taken in 1856, by James Robertson]
1856
Salted paper print, from glass negative
26.0 x 31.3 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2700017
LL/91069
View of St Paul's Pro-Cathedral and its surroundings, including a fortified sea wall and, on the right-hand side, the Beverley's hotel (now destroyed) which hosted, amongst others, Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832).
The cathedral, built between 1839 and 1844, was commissioned by the Dowager Queen Adelaide (1792-1849) who spent the winter of 1838-9 in Malta and was dismayed to find no proper place of Anglican worship on the island. The church, with its spire rising to over 65 metres, represents one of Valletta's landmarks.
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