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 print | 8.0 x 6.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2900745
Photograph of the royal family posed around a bust of Prince Albert. The photograph features, 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 framed 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)
Subject(s)
Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-61)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)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)8.0 x 6.0 cm (image)
31.0 x 24.7 cm (page dimensions)
Group, including 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
- Plastic arts
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
