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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

      PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA (1844-1900)

      Queen Victoria and Princess Alice with bust of Prince Albert

      Mar 1862

      Albumen print | 7.7 x 5.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2900539

      Photograph of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and her daugther Princess Alice (1843-78) sitting on a bench in mourning clothes. There is a bust of Prince Albert behind them. Queen Victoria looks down at something she holds on her lap. Princess Alice sits in profile, facing left,, and holds a few flowers on her lap. There is greenery behind the mother and daughter.

      • Creator(s)

        Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)

        Subject(s)

        Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
        Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
        Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

      • 7.7 x 5.7 cm (image)

        31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)

      • Queen Victoria and Princess Alice, 1862 [in Portraits of Royal Children Vol.6 1862-1863]

      • Acquired by Queen Victoria

      • Subject(s)
        • Social sciences
          • Ethnology
            • Mourning
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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