Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
Group photograph with bust of Prince Albert
Apr 1863Albumen photographic print pasted onto card | 8.6 x 6.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2106580
Photograph of a group portrait of the royal family posed around a bust of Prince Albert. The family are arranged, from left to right, Princess Louise, Princess Alice of Hesse, Queen Victoria, Prince Louis of Hesse, Princess Beatrice, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Alexandra, Princess of Wales, Prince Leopold and Princess Helena. Princess Alexandra holds a photograph of Prince Albert.
The photograph was taken following the wedding of Princess Alexandra and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales.
Creator(s)
John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901) (photographer)
8.6 x 6.0 cm (image)
32.2 x 26.0 cm (mount)
Acquired by Queen Victoria
Subject(s)
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
- Plastic arts
- Sculpture
- Busts (sculpture)
- Sculpture
- Plastic arts
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
