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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

    QUEEN VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)

    Envelope with list of names

    c.1870-80

    Envelope from mourning stationary | 12.1 x 7.1 cm (whole object) | RCIN 1005991.b

    Envelope with a list of names on the recto, written in pencil by Queen Victoria (1819-1901). The envelope is a mourning envelope and features a thick black border.

    • Creator(s)

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

    • 12.1 x 7.1 cm (whole object)

    • A label on a brass tablet (RCIN 55344) suggests that the document was 'always placed on the Queen's writing table'

    • Subject(s)
      • Organisation
        • Form of documents
          • Indexes
            • Lists
      • Social sciences
        • Ethnology
          • Mourning
      Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • manuscripts
            • notes
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