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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

    AFTER? HILLS & SAUNDERS (1852-2019)

    Prince Consort's Dressing Room, Windsor Castle

    after a photograph dated c. 1873

    Albumen print | 6.7 x 8.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418591

    Photograph of Prince Albert's Dressing Room, Windsor Castle. The room features a black marble fire place (RCIN 79838), with a set of fire irons, a mirror and mantel. Candlesticks, vases and a clock are positioned on the mantel. To the right of the photograph is a portrait of Queen Victoria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter completed in 1847 (RCIN 400885).  To the left of the fireplace is part of a large wardrobe designed by Morel and Seddon (RCIN 36929).

    The photograph is in an envelope marked 'One Set of Rooms - (Reduced)'.

    • Creator(s)

      After? Hills & Saunders (1852-2019) (photographer)

    • 6.7 x 8.6 cm (whole object)

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

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Europe
          • Great Britain
            • England
              • Berkshire [England]
                • Windsor [Berkshire]
                  • Windsor Castle
                    • Interiors of Windsor Castle
      • Science, Medicine and Technology
        • Home economics
          • Furniture & accessories
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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