Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
JANE AND MARGARET DAVISON (ACTIVE 1870)
A marble tablet of Joseph-Purity and Prudence: Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor
1874Carbon print | 20.9 x 15.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2101240
Photograph of a marble tablet showing Joseph standing in left side profile receiving the insignia of Government from a Pharaoh and his Queen. The tablet features in the Albert Memorial Chapel.
The photograph is accompanied by a caption: 'JOSEPH- PURITY AND PRUDENCE. JOSEPH set over Egypt receives from the hands of Pharaoh and of his queen the insignia of government. "Thou shalt be over my house, and recording to thy word shall my people he ruled, only in the throne will I greater than thou"'.
The photograph is accompanied by a caption: 'JOSEPH- PURITY AND PRUDENCE. JOSEPH set over Egypt receives from the hands of Pharaoh and of his queen the insignia of government. "Thou shalt be over my house, and recording to thy word shall my people he ruled, only in the throne will I greater than thou"'.
Creator(s)
Jane and Margaret Davison (active 1870) (photographer)
20.9 x 15.3 cm (image)
Joseph-Purity and Prudence. Tablet. [The Triqueti Marbles in the Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor]
Acquired by Queen Victoria by 1876
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- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Albert Memorial Chapel [Windsor Castle]
- Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
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