Memorial works
Following Albert’s premature death, Victoria commissioned the creation of photographs and decorative objects that memorialised her beloved husband
JANE AND MARGARET DAVISON (ACTIVE 1870)
Marble tablet depicting Abraham-Duty and Obedience: Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor
1874Woodbury type | 16.0 x 21.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2101231
Photograph of a marble tablet depicting Abraham, in the centre, bringing Isaac back to his mother. There is an Angel on the right side of the tablet. The tablet features in the Albert Memorial Chapel.
The photograph is accompanied by a caption: 'ABRAHAM- DURTY AND OBEDIENCE. ABRAHAM, after the Sacrifice, brings Isaac back to his mother, and the Angel utters the word, "Now I know that you fearest God; thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me."'
The photograph is accompanied by a caption: 'ABRAHAM- DURTY AND OBEDIENCE. ABRAHAM, after the Sacrifice, brings Isaac back to his mother, and the Angel utters the word, "Now I know that you fearest God; thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, from me."'
Creator(s)
Jane and Margaret Davison (active 1870) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Abraham(OT)Isaac (OT)Henri Joseph François, Baron de Triqueti (1804-74)16.0 x 21.1 cm (image)
Abraham-Duty and Obedience. Tablet. [The Triqueti Marbles in the Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor]
- Acquired by Queen Victoria by 1876
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Berkshire [England]
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Windsor Castle
- Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Albert Memorial Chapel [Windsor Castle]
- Lower Ward [Windsor Castle]
- Windsor Castle
- Windsor [Berkshire]
- Berkshire [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- albums
- photograph albums
- photographs
- albums
- Places
