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Memorial works

Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband

    JANE AND MARGARET DAVISON (ACTIVE 1870)

    A bas-relief of Joseph Cast into the Pit: Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor

    1874

    Woodbury type | 11.7 x 8.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2101241

    Photograph of a bas-relief showing Joseph in left side profile being lowered on rope into the pit. The relief features in the border of the Tablet of Joseph located in the Albert Memorial Chapel.

    • Creator(s)

      Jane and Margaret Davison (active 1870) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Joseph(OT)
      Henri Joseph François, Baron de Triqueti (1804-74)

    • 11.7 x 8.7 cm (image)

    • Joseph cast into the pit. Bas-relief. [The Triqueti Marbles in the Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor]

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria by 1876

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Berkshire [England]
                • Windsor [Berkshire]
                  • Windsor Castle
                    • Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
                      • Albert Memorial Chapel [Windsor Castle]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • albums
            • photograph albums
          • photographs
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