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.1860-81Envelope 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
- manuscripts
- printed & manuscript material
