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 Moses: Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor
1874Carbon print | 16.0 x 21.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2101226
Photograph of a marble tablet depicting Moses, seated facing three-quarters to the left, blessing a congregation. Mountains in the background. The tablet features in the Albert Memorial Chapel.
The photograph is accompanied by a caption: 'MOSES- STEDFASTNESS AND TRUTH.; MOSES, on the eve of death, assembles the people, blesses them, and delivers to the Levites the five books of the law. "And this is the blessing wherewith Moses blessed the Children of Israel before his death."'
The photograph is accompanied by a caption: 'MOSES- STEDFASTNESS AND TRUTH.; MOSES, on the eve of death, assembles the people, blesses them, and delivers to the Levites the five books of the law. "And this is the blessing wherewith Moses blessed the Children of Israel before his death."'
Creator(s)
Jane and Margaret Davison (active 1870) (photographer)
16.0 x 21.3 cm (image)
Moses-Steadfastness and Truth. 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
- Places
