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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)

    The Red (King's) Room, Windsor Castle

    copy after a photograph dated c. 1873

    Albumen print | 6.7 x 8.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418588

    Photograph of the Red (King's) Room in the Private Apartments, Windsor Castle. On the left is a table covered in a heavy cloth, chairs, paisley-covered settees, and vases on a cabinet at the back. The open door leads to further rooms. To the right is a French boulle table, a chair, a vase on a pedestal. The wall-hangings and curtains are as created for King George IV about 1829, a striped pattern of alternating medallions and leafy bands.

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

    • Creator(s)

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

    • 6.7 x 8.5 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
            • Tables
            • Seating. Chairs
              • Chairs
              • Settees
        • Engineering & Technology
          • Containers
            • Vessels (containers)
              • Vases
        • Construction
          • Structural parts of buildings
            • Doors
      • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
        • Architecture
          • Architectural design
            • Architectural decoration & motifs
              • Pedestals
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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