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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

      JABEZ HUGHES (1819-84)

      Dog on a chair

      c. 1870

      Albumen print | 10.4 x 6.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2418613

      Photograph of a small dog seated on an armchair, looking towards the camera. There is a footstool in front of the armchair. In an envelope marked H.R.H. Reproductions (Silvy).
       

      • Creator(s)

        Jabez Hughes (1819-84) (photographer)

      • annotation: JABEZ HUGHES. RYDE, I.W. [beneath work]

        annotation: [coat of arms with text around] ROYAL/ PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. / MR JABEZ HUGHES,/ PHOTOGRAPHER TO THE QUEEN/ AND/ H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES./ REGINA HOUSE./ RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT. [verso]

      • 10.4 x 6.3 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)
        • Science, Medicine and Technology
          • Agriculture and related techniques
            • Animal husbandry
              • Dogs
        Object type(s)
          • visual works
            • photographs
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