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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

UNKNOWN PERSON

Construction of the Mausoleum at Frogmore

25 - 25 Apr 1864

Albumen print | 21.6 x 15.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2101531

Photograph of the Royal Mausoleum under construction. The entrance porch is surrounded by timber scaffolding. A man in a top hat stands on the porch, towards the right side of the photograph.
  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • annotation: April 25_1864. [beneath work, right side]

  • 21.6 x 15.7 cm (image)

    37.4 x 31.4 cm (page dimensions)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Berkshire [England]
              • Windsor [Berkshire]
                • Windsor Home Park
                  • Frogmore Estate [Windsor Home Park]
                    • Royal Mausoleum [Frogmore Estate]
                      • Entrance [Victoria and Albert Mausoleum, Windsor Home Park]
                      • Porch [Victoria and Albert Mausoleum, Windsor Home Park]
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Construction
        • Structural parts of buildings
          • Stairs
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Clothing
          • Costume-Evening Dress(male)
            • Top hats
          • Formal dress
    • People
      • Men
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs