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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

      VICTORIA, QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM (1819-1901)

      List of names and death dates

      c.1860-81

      Envelope with written list | 12.0 x 7.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 1005983

      Envelope with black border containing various names written in Queen Victoria's (1819-1901) hand. Beside the names, Queen Victoria has recorded the individual's date of death. Those listed include Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (1870-73), Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874–78), Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (1804-81) and Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (Dean Stanely) (1815-81), among others.

      • Creator(s)

        Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1819-1901) (author)

      • 12.0 x 7.3 cm (whole object)

      • A label on a brass tablet (RCIN 55344) suggests that the document was 'always placed on the Queen's writing table'

      • Object type(s)
          • printed & manuscript material
            • manuscripts
              • notes
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