Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
JOHN JABEZ EDWIN MAYALL (1813-1901)
Group photograph with bust of Prince Albert
Apr 1863Albumen print | 8.0 x 6.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900742
Photograph of the royal family posed around a bust of Prince Albert. The photograph features, from left to right, Princess Louise, Alexandra, Princess of Wales, Queen Victoria, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Princess Beatrice, Prince Leopold, Princess Alice of Hesse, Princess Helena and Prince Louis of Hesse. Photograph taken following the wedding of Princess Alexandra and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
8.0 x 6.0 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)
Group, inc. the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales, April 1863 [in Portraits of Royal Children Vol.6 1862-1863]
Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Busts (sculpture)
- Sculpture
- Plastic arts
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
