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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 1863

    Albumen 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)

      Subject(s)

      Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom (1844-1925)
      King Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom (1841-1910)
      Princess Helena (1846-1923)
      Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1837-92)
      Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848-1939)
      Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901)
      Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg (1857-1944)
      Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853-84)
      Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)
      Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)

    • 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
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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