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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

BIGNELL : LONDON

Construction of the Mausoleum at Frogmore

25 - 25 Nov 1864

Albumen print | 21.0 x 15.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2101571

Photograph of the entrance to the Royal Mausoleum, during the building's construction. Some scaffolding and a ladder stand in the porch. There is a bridge and a path in the foreground.

  • Creator(s)

    Bignell : London (binder)

  • annotation: November 25-1864. [beneath work, lower right]

  • 21.0 x 15.4 cm (image)

    37.2 x 31.2 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]
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Architecture
        • Secular architecture
          • Bridges
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Botany
        • Systematic botany
          • Trees
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
        • photographs
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