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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

    UNKNOWN PERSON

    Building surrounded by scaffolding

    16 - 16 Aug 1864

    Albumen print | 20.3 x 15.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2101551

    Photograph of a partially built building, surrounded by scaffolding. Builders sit on a wheelbarrow and on a stack of bricks in front of the building.

    • Creator(s)

      Unknown Person (photographer)

    • annotation: August 16_1864. [beneath work, right side]

    • 20.3 x 15.7 cm (image)

      37.4 x 31.4 cm (page dimensions)

    • Acquired by Queen Victoria

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