Royal Residences

From the mid-1850s onwards, Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-61) systematically used photography to record every aspect of their lives together. This included documenting their residences at Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, Balmoral, Osborne and Frogmore.  Such photographs are a unique architectural record, and demonstrate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s taste in interior styles of decoration. These photographs also show the objects, paintings, and works of art that Queen Victoria and Prince Albert chose to surround themselves with, in private apartments and rooms connected with the diplomatic life of royal residences.